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LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Received 
MAY 7 1904 
Copyright Entry 

CLASS «- XXc. No. 

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Entered according- to Act of Congress, 

in the year 1904 by 

FRANK C. BRIDGEFORD. 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress 
in Washington. 



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SANITARY RULES AND REGULATIONS 

FOR BARBERS. 

FIRST — Absolute cleanliness in every detail of work and environ- 
ment is the underlying principle of tonsorial sanitation. 

SECOND— The methods of enforcing the above principles should be 
simple, safe, effectual and convenient in application. 

THIRD— For cleaning purposes usually strong soap and hot water 
will meet most of the requirements. 

FOURTH— Towels and linen should be thoroughly boiled when laun- 
dered and kept in places secure from dust and other impurities and fre- 
quent handling. Brushes, combs, shaving cups, razors, sponges and 
soaps should be kept in clean glass cases, and never used without being 
thoroughly cleansed with soap and HOT RUNNING WATER, the 
brushes afterwards dipped in 95 per cent alcohol if desired. 

FIFTH — In shaving or cutting the hair of customers who have erup- 
tions of the scalp of face, particular attention should be paid to clean- 
ing everything used on them, with due reference to antiseptics. In 
these cases sponges, brushes and combs thoroughly boiled or disinfected 
with a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid before being again used. 
The razor can be made safe by washing in running water with soap and 
wiped with gauze wet with alcohol. 

SIXTH— When extraordinary precautions are required, either of 
the following solutions may be used to advantage for antiseptic purposes: 

1— Alcohol (Pure). 95 per cent proof. 

2 — Lysol (L. & F.). 25 per cent solution. 

3— Pyrozone McK. R. », 2 per cent solution. 

4 — Hydrogen Dioxide (Oakland). 1 part to 9 parts boiled w T ater. 

5— Bcnsolyptus iSchieffelin)' 1 part to 6 parts of boiled water. 

SEVENTH— In case of dandruff or eruptions of the scalp, a food tar 
soap (Packer's preferred) would prove serviceable, 

EIGHTH — For disinfecting cuspidors or other vessels. Piatt's Chlor- 
ides are recommended as safe and efficacious in the proportion of one 
to eight parts of water, but they should first be cleaned daily by flushing 
them under a hydrant or hose. 

NINTH— Pulvola, being an impalpable and antiseptic powder, could 
be used with advantage on an irritable skin in place of the cheap talcum 
powders now in use. 

TENTH— The barber should wash his hands in running water before 
handling each customer. Alter stropping his razor, it should be wiped 
with gauze or cotton wet with alcohol before putting it on a man's face. 

ELEVENTH— Hair brushes should be THOROUGHLY STERILIZED 
by baking for a few moments after each use in a small tin oven 4x10 
inches, and should be washed thoroughly with strong soap under hot 
running water every day. 

TWELFTH— Sea sponges should be discarded and replaced by a 
clean towel or Surgeon's gauze (costing only 15 cents for five yards). It 
is absolutely necessary that a clean unused towel be used on each cus- 
tomer. 

CAUTION— When using water to clean with it should be running 
water. 

Approved by THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF MISSOURI. 



PREFACE. 

My sole object in publishing this book, as an in- 
structor for barbers; is to raise the standard of the 
tonsorial profession, and to render the executions of 
the tonsorial artist more satisfactory to the customer 
than ever before. I myself, have often times needed 
such a book, therefore, I desire to place this book in 
the hands of those wishing to learn the trade, and 
those already in the business who wish to become 
more proficient in the art. This book contains the 
most valuable receipts known to the barber, or ton- 
sorial fraternity. I have used the preparations con- 
tained herein, in my business for many years. The 
preparation of these articles in your shop, for sale, 
will greatly increase your yearly receipts, if they are 
properly compounded and put up in nice showy 
bottles neatly labeled. In fact I have known barbers 
to make a handsome profit on one or two of these 
preparations, such as Cream of Rose, Hair Invigora- 
tor, Tonic, Etc. The author gives more exact infor- 
mation to the barber, or tonsorial artist, than any 
other Dook published on this subject. Hoping this 
work will meet with your appreciation, approval and 
indorsement, I remain, 

Yours sincerely, 



EXPLANATORY. 

We are prompted in getting out this revised edi- 
tion by the immense success we have had with our 
former edition. It is our purpose to make it a little 
more elaborate, and publish it for the benefit of bar- 
bers, who wish to become more proficient and thor- 
oughly up-to-date in this work, and those wishing to 
become barbers, or students. 

One of the principal events that has been insti- 
tuted since the publication of our first edition is the 
Facial Massage, which has been of great benefit to 
barbers throughout the country, as well as to their 
customers, enabling barbers in many cases to double 
their income. 

In the following pages, we have endeavored to 
give a complete course of instruction for its scientific 
application. 

In this edition, we shall publish the Barbers' 
Law that is now in effect in Missouri and Kansas, 
and which is very similar to the laws in several other 
states. 

A number of new formulas which have been 
used very successfully will be inserted in this book. 

We have recently made a trip through the east 
and find that they are very much behind the western 
country in regard to barbering. They still cling to 
the old methods used years ago. Their shops, on an 
average, are not up to the standard of the shops 
throughout the middle west. 



BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 



A Sketch of Our Past. 



The author of this sketch, and the person being" 
responsible for the publication of this book, was 
born in the State of Illinois in the year 1856. The 
earh T part of his childhood was spent on a farm. 
Being thrown on his own resources at an early age, 
he began to cast about for some trade or profession. 
Being without the advantages of a collegiate educa- 
tion, of course a profession was out of the question. 
He first selected the jewelry business, but after work- 
ing at it a short time, and not being particularly 
adapted to that kind of a trade, he began to look- 
around for something else. Having had considera- 
ble taste for the barber trade when quite young, he 
purchased a pair of barber shears, comb and brush, 
and used to cut the hair for the neighborhood boys 
in the community where he lived, thereby giving him 
some experience along the line of hair cutting. Then 
he began to look for a place to work, where he could 
finish learning the trade in the proper manner. Of 
course, in these days there were no barber schools. 

He tried to get in the shop in his own town, but 
the barber there could not use an apprentice to ad- 
vantage. He spent considerable time around this 
shop, however, watching the barber work — this being 
the only shop in the town at that time. In a short 
time the opportunity seemed to favor him and he 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 9 

went to the city. There he obtained a position as 
apprentice in a barber shop, where he gained some 
little knowledge of the business. He was never able 
to get much practice in shaving and cutting hair in 
this shop, as the barbers there did not care to allow 
him to practice on their customers, they wanting to 
do that work themselves, but they would let him 
lather and comb hair for them, but if he undertook to 
take a razor in his hand to shave anyone, they would 
immediately stop him and tell him he had not ar- 
rived at that point yet where he would be allowed to 
shave any one. One day both of the barbers hap- 
pened to be in the next room, which was a billiard 
room, when a customer came in, a man in the livery 
business close by. He jumped into a chair and said, 
boy, I want you to shave me." He intended to 
lather him and then call one of the barbers, as was 
customary, but the customer said, "I want you to 
shave me. Do not say anything or call the barbers. 
I want to see what you can do." The boy then went 
to work and shaved the man the best he could. By 
the time he had about finished, one of the barbers 
came in and said, why didn't you call me?" The 
customer spoke up saying that it was at his request 
that the boy should shave him and he said, ' by the 
way, it is the best shave I ever had in this shop, and 
I want this boy to shave me from this time on if I 
patronize this shop." After staying with them about 



IO BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

a year, he concluded to go into business for himself, 
and he therefore bought a small outfit and went to a 
small town in the interior of Illinois and started out 
for himself. He said at the time, that if he was ever 
in the position to assist a student or apprentice, or 
any one wishing to learn the barber trade, that he 
would do so. He has been in that position for the 
last ten years, owning and operating the Kansas City 
Barbers' College where he has assisted hundreds of 
young men in getting into business for themselves, 
giving them opportunities to practice the profession 
right from the start. No one knows any better, wnat 
draw backs there are in serving as an apprentice in 
the common ordinary barber shop, than he does. 

Read what the Kansas City World has to say, 
under date of January 29th: 



THE KANSAS CITY BARBER. COLLEGE. 

An Institution Where Tonsorial Artists Receive a. 

Professional Education — Great Demand In 

the West for Good Men. 

This day of manual training schools, when dip- 
lomas are requisite to success, there have sprung up 
in the west a number of training colleges. Prof. F. 
C. Bridgeford of this city, who conducts one of the 
largest training schools of that kind in the west, is 
accounted here as elsewhere one of the pioneers in 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. II 

this branch of education. His college, known as the 
Kansas City Barber College, located at 503-505 Dela- 
ware street, was the first of the kind to take root and 
flourish in the middle west. From a modest begin- 
ning the institution has grown to be a significant fac- 
tor in the community. Its present enrollment ex- 
ceeds that of many older technical schools that in- 
struct students in more than one branch of manual 
pursuits. The diploma has become a sign of good 
work and success in barber shops and patrons have 
come to look for its display much as clients and pa- 
tients are wont to insist upon like certificates of fit- 
ness when the} 7 employ a lawyer or a physician. 

In all the cities and towns of note, and many 
hamlets of Missouri, Kansas and neighboring states 
there are graduates of the Kansas City Barber Col- 
lege. 

Their uniform success attests the efficiency of 
their training. Prof. Bridgeford's recent success is 
built upon the good will and business record of for- 
mer students. He has but to point instances of the 
successful application of his methods to enforce the 
value of class training in the barber business. 

The course provided for students at the Kansas 
City Barber College is such as to preclude the possi- 
bility of a man or woman obtaining a diploma unde- 
servedly. It combines theory and practice. The 
student is given practice along with instruction on 



12 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

the first day of his entrance to the school. During 
the entire course, which covers a period of six weeks, 
he is given the environment of a perfectly appointed 
shop, in which from 4.00 to 500 men daily are given 
tonsorial attention; and throughout his course he is 
tutored by efficient instructors in all the details of 
the pursuit. Skillful operation, the care of his tools, 
shop etiquette and the incidents of behavior that go 
to please patrons, the artistic in hair dressing and 
habits of studied cleanliness — these are some of the 
details of training with which students are imbued. 
The making of a barber is made an intricate process. 
It is this attention to the diversity of requirement 
that makes a college taught barber superior to one 
risen from mere apprenticeship. 

The Kansas City Barber College enters this year 
upon the eleventh vear of its career. Prof. Bridge- 
ford, the head and manager of the institution, has 
had thirty-three years' experience as a barber, nearlv 
a half of which time has been devoted to the teaching 
of others in the profession. Park P. Bridgeford, 
also an instructor in the college has had long years of 
experience, in which he especially equipped himself 
for the work of imparting his knowledge to students. 
The corps of instructors is made up of men who have 
not only skill,, but in addition possess insight into 
accomplishments of manner and mind that are inci- 
dental to the business, but at the same time often 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 13 

prove elements of success in the operation of shops. 

In preparing for this years' work Prof. Bridge- 
ford has arranged to enroll twice as many students as 
received any year previous. The demand for good 
barbers in the middle west is greater now than ever," 
said he. I know of no more propitious season than 
present to learn the business. Already barbers are 
turning towards St. Louis in order to be there during 
the fair. This movement has created vacancies all 
over this region. Any barber will be able to find 
lucrative employment this spring." 

The Kansas City Barber College has issued an 
elaborate catalogue which it has mailed to several 
thousand prospective students in the west. It con- 
tains a plain statement of what the institution has ac- 
complished and what it can do for students, written 
by Prof. Bridgeford, whose close personal attention 
to the affairs of his college is the surest guarantee of 
its continued success. 



As this book is intended mostly for barbers and 
those wishing some day to become barbers, the au- 
thor thinks it will not be out of place to give some 
little incidents and experiences that have happened to 
him in his long career in the barber business. 

When I was running my first shop in Illinois, a 
most pleasing and amusing incident happened one 



14 BRIDGEFOKD S REVISED EDITION 

da} 7 . Robert J. Burdette, the humorous lecturer, 
was billed to lecture in town that night. Of course, 
I was naturally interested, as his subject was "The 
Rise and Fall of the Moustache." In the forenoon 
of the day he was to lecture, a very nice appearing 
gentleman of small stature came into my shop and 
got shaved, and in the conversation I asked, ' are 
you going to hear Burdette tonight?" The gentleman 
said hs thought perhaps he would. Then I asked 
him, 'have you ever heard him before?" The gen- 
tleman replied, "yes, I have heard him." Being- 
evasive, and not seeming to wish to continue the con- 
versation, I said nothing more. You can imagine 
my surprise that night when I recognized Mr. Bur- 
dette as being the gentleman who was in my shop 
that morning. There was not much in his lecture 
that pertained to the barber business, except that he 
told of the timidity a young man experiences when he 
enters a barber shop for his first shave. 

This also puts me in mind of another little inci- 
dent of a barber shaving a customer one day. The 
barber was a very inquisitive fellow and always ready 
to ask questions of his patrons. He received quite a 
set back this day when he asked his customer how he 
had received a peculiar scar that was on the side of 
his face. The customer looked up at him rather so- 
berly and said, young man, I am paying you for a 
shave, and not to ask questions." It was noticed af- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 15 

terwards that the barber seemed to be less inquisitive. 

I have met a great many barbers in my time, 
whose dispositions were so different, that is, some of 
the smooth workmen were of a retiring nature and 
not inclined to talk, while others being very smooth 
talkers, were poor workmen. However, to use a 
slang phrase, a little "con" helps along if you have 
goods to sell, and of course you try to sell them, and 
a good salesman sells goods to a person who really 
does not care to purchase. It is the same way with 
the barber. The barber must be smooth and try to 
sell his goods, which is shaving, hair cutting, etc., 
and which is his stock in trade. Of course he must 
not be too persistent, so as to aggravate his custo- 
mer, but be nice and gentlemanly about it, and the 
customer will appreciate your endeavors and call 
again. 

1 have also found out that it is not a good idea 
in being too radical in talking politics or religion, as 
a great many times you will lose a customer on that 
account. 

Being of a speculative turn of mind, I was not 
long in disposing of this shop and began looking for 
a better location. This is a mistake a great many 
barbers make in being too willing to sell a business 
when he thinks he is getting all that it is worth, and 
perhaps more, for sometimes when a person sells out 
his barber shop and a good paying business for $200 



16 bridgeford's revised edition 

or $300; it will cost that much to get another loca- 
tion as good as the one he has just sold. 

I remember looking up a location for a barber 
shop in Iowa one time. Looking up a location for a 
shop is not the most pleasant business in the world. 
You can always hear of some good location a little 
farther on, and after you get there, you usually find 
there is not very much to it. Speaking about look- 
ing up a location, I heard of a new town just started. 
There were three railroads entering this place, and it 
was recommended to be a first class location. After 
I arrived in the town, I found that they had had a 
very fair barber there, but he had sold out to a 
country boy who knew nothing whatever about the 
business. He had been there about tw r o weeks, and 
during that time, had cut off the end of one man's 
nose with the heel of his razor, scarred up several 
others pretty badly, ruined several heads of hair, and 
of course the people there wanted another barber 
pretty badly, when I happened on the scene. 1 
walked into the shop and said to the young man, "do 
you wish to employ a barber?" He replied, very 
sarcastically, I do all of my own work." But he 
said he was building a new room and if I wanted to 
work that afternoon that I could have all that I took 
in. Being a little tired, I concluded to stay around 
awhile and see if there would be anything to do. In 
a few minutes a man came in the shop, whom I 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 17 



shaved, and cut his hair. He, knowing the situation 
of things, went up the street and told the men in the 
different stores that if they wanted any work done 
that there was a good barber down at the barber shop 
now — some tramp just going through, and by the 
way, to use his language, the best barber you ever 
saw." It was not long before the shop was full of 
customers. The young man who owned the shop — 
it being a two chair shop — came in and walking up to 
the other chair said "next." The customers said 
they were waiting for me. By 10 o'clock that 
night I shaved nearly all the men in town and cut 
their hair, taking in some $8 or $g. When I was 
ready to leave the shop, the barber asked me for his 
share. I said to him, did you not agree to give me 
all that I would take in? "Yes," he replied, "but I 
did not think you were going to shave the whole com- 
munity." I tossed him a dollar as I went out, saying 
that was more than you would have made anyhow. 

The banker of the town requested that I call at 
the bank after I got through, and when I reached 
there I found a number of the leading citizens wait- 
ing for me, ready to offer me any kind of an induce- 
ment if I would locate in their town, saying they 
would guarantee me $75 per month right from the 
start. I concluded to locate there. They advanced 
me mone_v to buy an outfit and get started in busi- 
ness and send for mv family. I staved in that town 



18 bridgeford's revised edition 

a little over a year and cleared considerable over 
$1000, banking the first month after I had located 
there, over $100. 

Still retaining this spirit of unrest, I sold out 
this place and went farther west with the intsntion of 
taking up government land, which I did. As my 
health had become somewhat impaired I concluded 
that outdoor occupation would be better for me 
for awhile. I pre-emptied one hundred and sixty 
acres, and then took one hundred and sixty acres 
more under the Homestead Act, and also one hun- 
dred and sixty acres under the Timber Claim Act. 

My health had now become fully restored and I 
concluded to get back in the barber business again, 
and therefore made arrangements to sell my land and 
I afterwards operated shops in Denver, Salt Lake 
and several coast points. Preparations were going 
on in Chicago for the World's Fair, and I made ar- 
rangements to be there during that time. From there 
I came to Kansas City, where I have since remained. 

We have adopted a course of physical culture 
exercises, particularly adapted to the barber, which 
will be published in the latter part of this book. If in- 
structions are followed it will keep you in a first class 
physical condition, and in many cases ward off sick- 
ness; and you will always feel strong and ready for 
work. 

This book is in no wav intended for an adver- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 19 

tisement for our school or anything of that kind, but 
is intended to be a benefit for those starting in the 
barber business. But we can not let an opportunity 
slip by without saying a word in regard to the utter 
ignorance that some barbers display in regard to a bar- 
ber school. It seems that some of these people never 
lose an opportunity to malign and abuse the school; 
we remember a little instance that will illustrate the 
ignorance of this class of people. There was a young 
man coming from a small town in Kansas to attend 
our school, before starting he stepped in a barber 
shop to get a hair cut and shave. The barber asked 
him where he was going and he said: "To Kansas 
City to attend the barber school." The barber said, 
Roy, you darned fool, don't you know you can't 
learn nothing in a barber school, don't you know you 
can't learn nothing out of books, you have to be 
where you can shave and cut hair and get the actual 
practice." And the boy found on reaching the school 
that he could shave more people and cut more hair 
than he probably ever would again in the same length 
of time. 

Another instance and then we will close. An- 
other young man coming from an interior town in 
Missouri to learn the trade at our place was discour- 
aged by a barber, who told him he would have to 
shave glass bottles and brass faces to get practice, 
that he could not learn in that wav. Of course the 



20 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

boy paid no attention to what the barber said but 
concluded to investigate our methods on his own ac- 
count, which he did and found them entirely satisfac- 
tory. He learned the trade in our place and after- 
wards located in opposition to the man who told him 
that he would have to shave glass bottles and brass 
faces. In a very short time he run the other fellow 
entirely out of business. We could mention hun- 
dreds of cases of this kind where barbers have used 
all kinds of methods to misrepresent our school, and 
discourage young men from coming here to learn the 
trade, but in most cases students have had determi- 
nation enough to investigate our methods for them- 
selves, and not accept advise that had been given for 
nothing, as advise given for nothing is generally 
worth nothing, and sometimes creates considerable 
damage. 

We have never lost any sleep over what these 
ignorant barbers have said about us, attending strict- 
ly to our own affairs, and we hope that there can be 
as much said of us as Sir Isaac Newton said when he 
had about run the race of life, that we have been able 
to pick up a few of the pebbles that lay along the 
beach of the great ocean of wisdom. 

HAIR INDICATIVE OF CHARACTER. 

The character of persons is sometimes indicated 
by the color of the hair. 

The bilious temperament, black hair and dark 



BA.RBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 21 

skin are generally found associated. These indicates 
strength of character and sensuality. 

Fine hair and dark skin show purity, goodness 
and strong mind. 

Stiff, straight and abundant black hair and beard 
are usually combined with strong, unyielding, 
straight-forward and rather bluff character. 

Fine brown hair indicates exquisite sensibility, 
for a strong will for what is good and right, when un- 
perverted. 

If the hair is straight and lies flat on the head, 
the temperament is melancholly, but you can safeU^ 
rely on that person, be it man or woman. 

If the hair is coarse, black and sticks up, there is 
not much socialibility, and much that is stubborn, 
sour, and harsh in the character. 

Coarse, red hair indicates mucn fire and energy, 
with unusual strength and firmness. 

Auburn hair, with a florid face, gives purity, in- 
tensity, and great capacity for enjoyment or suffering. 

Fine, silky", pliable, easily dressed hair indicates 
delicacy, sensibility and goodness. 

Hasty, impetuous and rash people have crisp, 
curly hair, but if it is straight and smooth, even and 
flossy, a warm heart, a clear head and superior tal- 
ents are indicated. 

White hair, as a general rule indicates a good, 
easy, lazy fellow. 



22 BRIDGEFORDS REVISED EDITION 

The hair, naturally parting in the middle and 
falling on either side, indicates womanly refinement, 
purity, and delicacy. When the hair extends and 
lies on the forehead in rings, it indicates a frank 
open and genial nature. 

The light-haired races are the thinkers, the poets 
and the artists of the world. 

Dark brown hair combines the two and the most 
desirable. 

To sum up: 

Black hair indicates physical strength. 

White hair, mental vigor. 

Red hair, a fiery temperment, passion and de- 
votion. 

Wavy hair, a pliable, yielding, accommodating 
disposition. 

Straight, stuck up hair, stubbornness and fidelity. 

Very smooth, coarse-lying hair is Oily Gam- 
mon." 




BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MAI1UAL. 23 

KANSAS AND MISSOURI LAW GOVERNING 

BARBERS. 



AN ACT 

To regulate the -practice of the barber profession, creat- 
ing a State Board of Examination and Inspection 
Commissioners, to prevent the spreading of conta- 
gious diseases, levying of fees, and prescribing pen- 
alties for violation of this act. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the States of Kansas 

and Missouri: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to follow the occupation of a barber in this state 
unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of reg- 
isiration, as provided in this act; provided, however, 
that nothing in this act contained shall apply to or 
effect any person who is now actually engaged in 
such occupation, except as hereinafter provided; pro- 
vided, that the provisions of this law shall not apply 
to barbers in any city, town or village containing less 
than 5000 inhabitants in Missouri and 3000 in Kansas. 

Sec. 2. A board of examiners, to consist of 
three persons, citizens of this state for at least three 
years prior to their appointment, is hereby created to 
carry out the purposes and to enforce the provisions 
of this act. Such board shall be appointed by the 
governor, at least two members of which shall be se- 
lected from the membership of the ; 

provided, that all barbers must have had at least a 



24 BRIDGEFORDS REVISED EDITION 

practice of at least five years at the said occupation 
prior to their appointment. Each member so recom- 
mended shall appear before the State Board of 
Health, whose duty it shall be to determine whether 
or not such member possesses sufficient knowledge 
of contagious and inoculable diseases to enable such 
member to pass judiciously upon the qualifications of 
others in the occupation of barber. If said Board of 
Health shall reject an appointee, then the governor 
shall appoint some one else in place of the persons 
rejected, such appointment to be made from the same 
class of persons from which the appointment was 
made. If, on the other hand, the appointment be 
confirmed by the board, said board shall issue a cer- 
tificate to that effect, and all appointments made 
under the provisions of this act shall date from the 
confirmation thereof by said state board. Each mem- 
ber of said board shall serve for a term of three 
years and until his successor is appointed and quali- 
fied, except in the case of the first board, whose mem- 
bers shall serve one, two or three years, respectively, 
as specified in their appointment. Said board shall, 
with the approval of the State Board of Health, pre- 
scribe such sanitary rules as it may deem necessary 
with particular reference to the precautions necessary 
to be employed to prevent the creating and spreading 
of infectious or contagious diseases. A copy of such 
rules shall be furnished each person to whom a cer- 
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BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 25 

tificate of registration is granted. Each member of 
said board shall, before entering upon the discharge 
of his duties, give a bond in the sum of two thousand 
dollars, with a surety or sureties to be approved by 
the secretary of state, conditioned for the faithful 
performance of his duties, and shall take the oath 
provided by law for public officers. Vacancies upon 
said board caused by deaths resignation or expiration 
from any cause of the term of any member thereof 
shall be rilled by appointment from the same class of 
persons to which the deceased or retiring member 
belonged. 

Sec. 3. Said board shall elect a president, sec- 
retary, and treasurer, shall have its headquarters at 
such place in the state as the board may determine, 
shall have a common seal, and the secretary and 
president shall have the power to administer oaths. 
A majority of said board may, in meeting duly as- 
sembled, perform the duties and exercise the powers 
devolving upon said board under the provisions of 
this act. 

Sec. 4. Each member of said board shall re- 
ceive a compensation of three dollars per day for his 
services, and also railroad fare and such other travel- 
ing expenses as raav be necessary in the proper dis- 
charge of his duties, and shall be paid out of any 
money in the hands of the treasurer of the said board. 
Said board shall also be allowed for such other ex- 



26 bridgeford's revised edition 

penditures and outlays, payable out of the moneys 
in the hands of its treasurer, as shall be reasonable 
and proper for the discharge of their duties and to 
carry out the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 5. Said board shall report to the auditor of 
this state at each of its regular meetings a full state- 
ment of the receipts and disbursements of the board 
during the preceeding two years; a full statement of 
its doings and proceedings and such recommenda- 
tions as it may deem proper, looking to the better 
carrying out of the intent and purposes of this act. 
Any money in the hands of the treasurer of said board 
at the time of making such report, in excess of two 
hundred and fifty dollars, shall be paid over to the 
state treasurer for the maintenance of the public 
schools of this state. 

Sec. 6. Such board shall hold public examina- 
tions at least four times in each year, at such times 
and places as it may deem advisable; notice of such 
meetings to be given by publication thereof at least 
ten days prior to such meetings in at least two news- 
papers published in this state, in the locality of such 
proposed meeting. 

Sec. 7. Every person now engaged in the occu- 
pation of barber in this state shall, within ninety days 
after the approval of this act, file with the secretary 
of said board an affidavit setting forth his name, resi- 
dence and the length of time during which and the 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 27 

place where he has practiced such occupation, and 
shall pay to the treasurer of said board one dollar; 
and a certificate of registration entitling him to prac- 
tice the said occupation for the fiscal year ending 
January 31, 1904, thereupon shall be issued to him; 
and the holders of such certificates shall within thirty 
days after the expiration of their respective certificate 
make application for the renewal of the same, stating 
the number of expiring certificates, and shall in each 
case pay to the treasurer of said board the sum of one 
dollar thereof. For any and every license or certifi- 
cate given or issued by the board a fee of one dollar 
shall be paid by the person receiving the same. 

Sec. 8. Any person not following the occupa- 
tion of a barber at the time this act goes into opera- 
tion, desiring to obtain a qualified certificate of the 
said occupation in this state, shall make application 
to said board therefor, and shall pay to the treasurer 
of said board an examination fee of five dollars, and 
shall present himself at the next regular meeting of 
the board for the examination of applicants, where- 
upon said board shall proceed to examine such per- 
son, and, being satisfied that he is above the age of 
nineteen years, of good moral character, free from 
contagious or infectious disease, has either (a) studied 
the trade for two (2) years as an apprentice under a 
qualified and practicing barber, or (. b) studied the 
trade for at least two (2) years in a properly ap- 



28 bridgkford's revised edition 

pointed and conducted barber school or college, 
under the instructions of a qualified barber, or (c) 
practiced the trade in another state for at least two 
(2) years, and is possessed of the requisite skill in 
said trade to properly perform all the duties thereof, 
including his ability in the preparation of the tools, 
shaving, hair cutting, and all the duties and services 
incident thereto, and is possessed of sufficient knowl- 
edge concerning the common diseases of the face and 
skin to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof 
in the practice of said trade, shall enter his name in 
the register hereafter provided for, and shall issue to 
him a certificate of registration, authorizing him to 
practice said trade in this state; provided, that when- 
ever it appears that applicant has acquired his knowl- 
edge of said trade in a barber school or college, the 
board shall be judges of whether said barber school 
or college is properly appointed or conducted and 
under proper instructions to give sufficient training 
in said trade. All persons making such application 
for examination under the provisions of this act shall 
be allowed to practice the occupation of barbering 
until the meeting for the next regular examination b\ T 
the said board, and no longer, and the secretary shall 
give him a permit to do so; provided, however, that 
such time may be extended by the board for good 
cause shown. 

Sec. 9. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 2q 

person from serving as an apprentice in said trade 
under license issued by the board under a barber au- 
thorized to practice (in) the same under this act, nor 
from serving as a student in any school or college for 
the teaching of said trade, under the instructions of a 
qualified barber; provided, that in no barber shop 
shall there be more than one apprentice to two bar- 
bers authorized under this act to practice said occu- 
pation, but all barber shops having but one chair 
shall be entitled to one apprentice; and provided, that 
all barber schools or colleges shall keep prominently 
displayed a sign, barber college or barber school, and 
no other sign or signs; provided, that all barbers or 
barber schools or colleges who shall take an appren- 
tice or student shall file immediately with said board 
the name and age of such apprentice or student, and 
the said board shall cause the same to be entered in a 
-register kept for that purpose. 

Sec. io. Said board shall furnish to each per- 
son to whom a certificate of registration is issued a 
card or certificate, in such form as it shall adopt, 
bearing the seal of the board and the signature or its 
president and secretary, certifying that the holder 
thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of bar- 
In r in this state, and it shall be the duty of the holder 
of such card or insignia to post the same in a con- 
spicuous place in front of his working chair, where it 



30 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

may be readily seen by all persons whom he mav 
serve. 

Sec. ii. Said board shall keep a register, in 
which shall be entered the names of all persons to 
whom certificates are issued and to whom permits for 
serving apprenticeship or as students under this act, 
and said register shall at all times be open to public 
inspection. 

Sec. 12. Said board shall have power to revoke 
any certificate of registration granted by it under this 
act for (a) conviction of crime; (b) habitual drunk- 
enness; (c) gross incompetency; (d) failure or refusal 
to properly provide or guard against contagious or 
infectious disease, or the spreading thereof, in the 
practice of the occupation aforesaid; or (e) violation 
of the rules of the board mentioned in section two 
(2) of this act; provided, that before any certificate 
shall be so revoked the holder thereof shall have no- 
tice in writing of the charge or charges against him, 
and shall at a day specified in said notice, at least 
five (5) days after the service thereof, be given a 
public hearing on said charges, and full opportunity 
to produce testimony in his behalf and to confront 
the witnesses against him. Any person whose cer- 
tificate has been so revoked may, after the expiration 
of ninety (90) days, apply to have the same regrant- 
ed to him, upon a satisfactory showing that the dis- 
qualification has ceased. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 31 

Sec. 13. Any person who is engaged in the ca- 
pacity so as to shave the beard or cut and dress the 
hair for the general public shall be construed as prac- 
ticing the occupation of barber, and the so said bar- 
ber or barbers shall be required to fulfil all require- 
ments within the meaning of this act. 

Sec. 14. Any person practicing the occupation 
of barber without having obtained a certificate of reg- 
istration as provided in this act, or wilfully employ- 
ing a barber who has not such certificate, or falsely 
pretending to be qualified to practice as barber, or 
instructor or teacher of said occupation under this 
act, or failing to keep the certificate or card mention- 
ed in section 10 of this act properly displayed, or 
failing to comply with such sanitary rules as the 
board, in conjunction with the State Board of Health, 
prescribes, or for the violation of any of the provis- 
ions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and the board shall proceed against all such 
persons, and upon conviction thereof they shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars or 
more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail not less than ten days or more than 
ninety days. Prosecutions under this act shall be 
begun and carried on in the same manner as other 
prosecutions for misdemeanors in this state. 

Sec. 15. This act shall take effect and be in 
force from and after its publication in the statue books. 



32 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

THE BARBER. 

"By whose decrees, our sinful souls to save, 

No Sunday tankards foam, no barber shave. - " — Byron 

The occupation of barber is an institution 
of civilized life, and is only known anions' 
those nations that have made a certain pro- 
gress in civilization. It is referred to by the 
prophet Ezekiel: ''And thou, son of man, take 
thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass 
thine head and upon thy beard." (Ezek. v. i.) 
We do not read of barbers at Rome until 
about the year of 454 of the city; but there, 
as elsewhere, when once introduced, they 
became men of great notoriety, and their 
shops were the resort of all the loungers and 
newsmongers in the city. Hence they are 
alluded to by Horace as most accurately in- 
formed in all the minute history, both of 
families and of state. But in early times, the 
operations of the barber were not confined, as 
now, to shaving, hair-dressing and making of 
wigs; but included the dressing of wounds, 
blood-letting, and other surgical operations. 
It seems that in alf countries the art of sur 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 33 

gery and the art ot shaving went hand in hand. 
The title of B-Chirurgeon, or B-Surgeon, was 
generally applied to barbers. The B — of 
London, were first incorporated by Edward 
IV, in 1461, and at that time were the only 
persons who practiced surgery. The barbers 
and the surgeons were separated, and made 
two distinct corporations; in France, in the 
time of Louis XIV, and in England in 1745. 
The sign of B-Chirurgeon consisted of a strip- 
ped pole from which was suspended a basin; 
the fillet round the pole indicating their riband 
or bandage twisted round the arm previous to 
blood-letting, and the basin or vessel for re- 
ceiving the blood. This sign has been gener- 
ally retained by the modern barber. In our 
country, nevertheless, it is only occasionally 
that the basin may be seen hanging at the 
door of an old barbers shop. Tha character 
of the barber is amusingly illustrated in one of 
the tales of the Arabian Nights entertainments 
and has been immortalized by Beaumarchais, 

Mozart and Rossinni, under the name of 
Figaro. 



34 bridgkford's revised edition 

STROPPING THE RAZOR. 

The best strop in use known to the barber 
fraternity is the genuine Russian leather strop, 
the price of which is from $1.00 to $1.25 
each, and will last a person a life time if 
proper care is taken of the same. There are 
cheaper strops on the market, such as horse 
hide and the different kinds of common leather 
strops which seem to be very good, but in our 
mind there is nothing equal to the genuine 
Russian, leather strop. 

In stropping hang your strop in a good 

firm position, either on the side of your chair 

or on your bench where it will be the proper 

height. Draw the razor from the heel to 

the point making same strokes from right to 

left. It is well after you take your razor 

from the hone to strop it very gently 

on the leather before putting it on the canvas, 

for which use only the genuine Russian 

leather strop. In stropping, after making a 

few strokes to temper the edge on the leather, 

then strop gently on the canvas, then again on 
the leather until you get the edge tempered in 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 35 

shape. Do not shave a right hard beard as it 
may crumple your edge, but strop gently, 
shaving an easy man first until you can judge 
the tempering of the razor and then you can 
shave the hardest beard with perfect ease. 

INSTRUCTIONS IN HONING. 

Great care and caution should be taken in 
honing a razor. We will endeavor in these 
instructions to give you the method of honing, 
on the three principle hones, used at the pre- 
sent time, namely: lather hone, or what is 
known to some barbers as the hickory hone. 
The water hone has been in use a great many 
years. Having used this mostly in my busi- 
ness for the last twenty-five years, I will 
commence giving you instructions on the 
water hone. The water hone is of German 
origin and you will find it used by Germans, 
more so than any other class of barbers. To 
hone a razor however, it should be done when 
the barber has no care on his mind, and not 
when customers are waiting, nor when he has 
any other business to occupy his mind. An 



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37 



old saying- that I remember when I was a boy, 
"That a sharp razor was half the shaving-, and 
a well lathered and soft beard the other half." 



HONING ON THE WATER HONE. 

Balance the razor carefully on the fore- 
fingers for honing; commence at the heel and 
draw the razor diagonally across the hone to a 
point toward the edge as in following cut, 




running up so that it will be in the same posi- 
tion on the left side as it was in starting from 
the right. Draw down with the same weight 
and pressure on both sides, being careful to 
make the licks from right to left exactly the 
same, thereby keeping the bevel the same on 
botl-i side f the razor. Now, look at your 



38 bridgeford's revised edition 

razor occasionally as you hone and see that the 
bevel is the same on both sides. Keep the 
hone well dampened with water and rub it 
occasionally with the rubber for the purpose 
of making a thick gray paste. After you think 
you have honed a sufficient length of time 
draw your razor across your finger nail, then 
if it presents a sticky feeling like the keen 
edge of a knife on your finger you should 
know that you have honed sufficient. 
If, however, niches are still on the edge you 
will have to hone until they disappear. After 
you have honed a short time feel the edge 
with your finger and if it draws all the 
way long even and smoothe you may know 
that you have your razor in shape to put on 
your strop. If the razor is new and well 
ground, very little honing will be necessary 
on any hone as it is more likely to be worse 
for the razor and it is very hard to get into 
condition a^ain, when once over-honed. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 39 

THE LATHER HONE. 

The lather or hickory hone, as it is known 
to a large number of barbers, is in general use 
throughout the country, and is one of the 
principal hones now in use. Its origin is 
Belgium, and it is a manufactured hone. It is 
manufactured by the process of petrification. 
You use lather on this hone exclusively; also 
some use oil to a good advantage. You com- 
mence honing the razor in the same manner 
as on the water hones. Hone from the heel 
to the point, same as-in cut shown previous. 
Then turn razor in fingers, then turn razor 
around so that both back and edge touch on the 
hone. Draw carefully if the razor is very dull 
give it a great many strokes from right to left 
to get it in the right condition, but as I say if 
the razor is in fair shape it will need very little 
honing. Keep testing the razor so that you 
know when the edge is in good shape, and 
keep putting lather on hone. In this way you will 
feel if it is cutting the same on both sides. Test 

the razor the same way as you did on the 
water hone. Feel it with your fingers occas- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 41 



ionally to see if you have honed sufficient, also 
draw gently across your fingers to see if it 
feels sticky and holds fast to your fingers, the 
same as in honing on the water hone. 

THE SWATY HONE. 

This is comparatively a new product. It 
was invented by Francis Swaty, of Veinna, 
and is practically more in use now than any 
other used, and when in good condition it 
takes very little honing. I will give you in- 
structions pertaining to the Swaty hone. 

, 1 . — The two sides of the alumine hone differ 
in roughness, the side marked with the firm is 
the sharper one. 

2. — Half hollow or thick razors must be 
honed first on the rougher surface, but not too 
lone, and then on the finer surface as described 
in article 3. 

3. — On the finer side only the thin hollow 
ground razor can be honed in the following 
manner: Put the razor with the back flat on 
the hone as shown before in cut, and draw the 
razor three or four times against the edge; 



42 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

when drawing back, the razor must be turned 
on its back. Then try the edge. Should It 
not be sharp enough try the same process 
again until the required sharpness is produced. 

4. — Honing can be done with oil, water or 
soap suds. 

5. — Should the rough side, by long use get 
too smooth rub it when dry with rough emery 
paper or with a flat piece of pumice stone and 
plenty of water. 

6 — Should the finer surface by long use get 
too smooth rub it gently at first with fine 
emery paper. 

The price of the Swaty hone is 50c to $1.00. 
The price of the hickory hone runs from 75c 
to almost as high as a person wants to go, 
according to size and quality, etc. In buying 
a good hone the price should be no object; of 
course, the higher price you pay for a hone 
the better hone you obtain. It is well to 
go a great deal on the judgement of the supply 
man in buying a hone as they handle them 
every day and have* experience which the gen- 
eral public cannot obtain. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 43 

SELECTING A RAZOR. 

There is so many good brands of razors on 
the market at the present time that it is hard 
to tell which is the best, The following is the 
names of some of the leading brands: Blue 
Steel, Bismarck, Cosmos, Mars Razor, Nancy 
Hanks; all of which are sold here in Kansas 
City. The same applies to razors as to hones. 
These razors are all guaranteed by the supply 
man and if you do not get a good razor at 
first they will allow you to exchange until you 
do get a good one, which is absolutely guaran- 
teed. As I have stated before you should 
put a great deal of confidence in the supply 
man in regard to picking out a good razor or 
get some experienced barber who has been 
used to handling razors to select for you 
or tell you something about them. There is 
but one way of telling however, and that is by 
thoroughly testing it, which they will all allow 
you to do, 



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THE ART OF SHAVING. 

The first very important thing is to get 
your man in a nice comfortable and easy posi- 
tion in the chair. Put a towel down around his 
neck, using a clean towel for each man. Rinse 
the cup or mug out for every man thoroughly. 
Put the water in the mug, then turn it out so 
that all will run out but what will stay on the 
brush, then make the lather. Commence lath- 
ering on the right cheek, holding your thumb 
to the ear so as to keep the lather from going 
into the ear, then lather the left side in the 
same manner. Rub the lather over the face 
taking the brush in your left hand and rub 
gently with your right across the chin being 
careful not to get the lather too far down on 
neck or too far up on the cheek. Never be in 
any hurry in lathering. Rub until the beard 
is thoroughly softened. An old saying is ' 'A 
man well lathered is half shaved." The same 
proverb is true to day. After you have your 
man well lathered, wipe your hands perfectly 
dry. It is well to have a small chunk of alum 
on which you can rub your hands before taking 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 45 

the razor in your hand. Strop your razor- 
according to instructions on stropping. If the 
lather becomes dry while you are stropping 
your razor put on more lather until it is soft- 
ened sufficient. Lay your paper on his breast. 
Now, you are read\- for shaving. Take your 
razor and balance itxm the three fingers, with 
the little finger over the top of the handle and 
thumb on side of the blade known as move- 
ment Xo. 1. With this stroke shave down 
toward the side of the face, stretching the skin 
with the little finger of the left hand; shave 
down half way to the point of the chin. Wipe 
your razor turning the thumb on the other side 
and follow movement No. 2. then with this 
stroke shave to the point of chin. Wipe your 
razor again, commencing at the point of chin 
changing your razor to movement No. 1 , 
shaving down the point of chin to the throat, 
going' down shaving with the grain. Wipe off 
your razor, commence at the bottom and shave 
up with the grain until you meet the place left 
off in shaving down. Turn the head over 
gently by placing the left hand back of the 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MA11UAL. 47 

ears. Shave down the left cheek backhanded 
using movement No. 2, then change again to 
movement No. 1, shaving down to point 
and across the chin, then go back to move- 
ment No. 2, commencing at the point of chin 
on the left side same as instructions on shaving 
the right side, draw straight down the throat 
with the grain, then you change using move- 
ment No. 3 on the neck. Let the little finger 
drop over the handle of razor, holding it with 
the fore finger and press the thumb on top of 
the blade. Use this movement in shaving on 
the neck all the time pushing the razor toward 
the chin. In shaving the upper lip take razor 
in position, place your finger against the top 
of the nose, thumb on the chin. Make gentle 
strokes, shaving the right toward the left and 
the same on the left side. If you cannot reach 
all the hair with motion No. 2, change with 
your finger stretching the lip and use move- 
ment No. 1 for finishing the bottom. After 
you have gone over the face the first time get 
a clean cloth or towel, wet in warm water and 
wash the face. It is a matter of taste and 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 49 



practice as to the position in which you hold 
the towel. Some perform the operation by 
putting the towel around the face and rubbing, 
while others take the towel between the first 
and second finger and wrap it around the hand. 
But as I have stated before, it is merely a 
matter of taste and practice with the artist. In 
shaving the face over the second time take 
your razor in the right hand and with the two 
little fingers on the handle, then take your 
bottle between the first two fingers, putting 
water on your left hand sufficient enough to 
get face well moistened for shaving the second 
time over. In this operation you can shave 
diagonally against the grain at the same time 
rubbing the face well and stretching the skin 
with the fingers of the left hand, feeling for 
the beard that has been left from the first time; 
in this the second time you go against the 
grain, shaving in this manner only when it is 
the wish of the customer, as it often times 
makes the face sore, and as it only makes a 
difference of a couple of hours after being 
shaved. In shaving the second time over use 







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mostly movements No. i and 3. After you 
have finished shaving take and wet your towel 
tt\ warm water, and lay it across the face, but 
not covering- the mouth and nose, as it effects 
their breathing and is very disagreeable; re- 
peat this operation two or three times if nec- 
essary. Some patrons are willing to pay 
extra for hot towels. Now take your bay runv 
bottle in your left hand, putting bay rum on 
the face with the right hand, rub gently and 
then put your towel over the face, the one you 
have been using, being particular not to pull 
it out so that the water will not run down the 
neck, then wipe the face thoroughly dry, using 
the towel as a fan to assist in drying the face. 
Then rub the face with the towel until you are 
thoroughly satisfied it is perfectly dry. Put 
on your powder, doubling the towel so as to 
make a puff, straighten your man up in the 

chair and you are now ready to comb his 
hair, etc 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 53 

INSTRUCTIONS ON HAIR CUTTING. 

In cutting - hair there are no deffinent 
names settled on as to the different styles of 
hair cutting. Each supply house gets out a 
style plate of its own. I herein introduce 
thirty-six different styles, which will be of 
great advantage to patrons to select from. I 
find that the best success is attained by cutting 
the hair according to the customer's wishes, 
regardless or style plate or names. It has been 
my purpose to dispense with clippers as much 
as possible in teaching hair cutting, as I find 
that when a new student commences to cut 
hair; it is so much easier to cut with the clip- 
pers that he wishes to use them all the time; 
which is a very bad habit. In cutting hair it 
is always advisable to leave as much hair on 
the customer's head as possible. Trim it up 
nicely with the shears, so that the barber car, 
get him again as a customer. For example, 
if he should cut the hair with the clippers in 
the spring, it would probably be the only hair 
cut that he could get from that man during the 
season. While if he trims it around the neck 



54 bridgeford's revised edition 

and ears he would possibly get to trim that 
man's hair as often as once a month, right 
along, and he would also get it dirty, 
and it would have to be shampooed 
much more frequent then if he cuts the hair 
close with the clippers all over the head. It 
would be no trouble for him to wash his 
hair every time he washed his face, therefore, 
ihe barber would loose the chance of Sea 
Foam or Shampoo. In cutting hair place 
your hair cloth or apron tight around the neck 
sitting your customer straight up in the chair. 
Commence to trim on the right side over the 
temple and around the ear. Hold your shears 
with the thumb and third finger of the right 
hand, comb between the first two fingers and 
thumb of the left hand. Comb the hair down 
to straighten it out. Commence trimming 
across from temple to ear, making it the same 
on the lower and higher part according to the 
way the customer wishes it done. Great care 
should be taken in trimming around the neck, 

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than anything else. You might number 
the hair-cuts in this manner: No. 1, for a 
close cut with the clippers. No. 2, for a 
feather edge, or with the clippers around the 
neck, finishing with the shears. No. 3, for a 
shingle. No. 4, for a long trim. No. 5, for 
a bush or a buff cut as known to barbers. I 
will say something more in regard to hair cut- 
ting in some of my future lectures. I will take 
up singeing, dying, blondining and shampoo- 
ing for my next lecture. 

SEA FOAM, SHAMPOO, ETC. 

Sea-foaming is performed by having 
your shampoo prepared according to receipt, 
which you will find in this volume. Put your 
sea foam on the head and rub it well until it 
makes a nice thick lather all over the head. In 
dry shampoo you keep rubbing it with your 
brush or fingers until the lather naturally 
evaporates then brush it good and wipe dry, 
with a clean dry towel. In shampooing use 
the shampoo paste, or shampoo fluid as the 
case may be, or as the barber sees fit. Put 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 65 

on your shampoo paste, and water and rub it 
until you get the hair thoroughly lathered. Be 
careful to scratch the head well with your fin- 
gers or brush, getting all the dandruff out of 
the scalp, Fasten your towel securely around 
the neck, with the towel over the hair cloth. 
Secure the fastening so that it will not slip or 
come loose while the customer is taken to the 
water stand. Here you rinse his head thor- 
oughly with nice warm water, rubbing dry 
with a clean dry towel, while you have cus- 
tomer still bent over the wash stand. Then 
sit him back in the chair, again drying 
the hair. Put on your pomade and comb the 
hair as usual. 

SINGEING. 

Singeing the hair, although a very sim- 
ple operation, is claimed by most barbers to 
be very beneficial to the hair, as they claim it 
will stop the hair from falling out, and in 
many cases restore the hair. Singeing is done 
with a wax or gas taper. Some call them 
singeing tapers. They are for sale at all gas 



<56 bridgkford's revised edition 

fitter's establishments, and barber supply 
houses. You light the taper and commence 
singeing the hair usually after cutting the hair 
and in the same manner. Commence around 
the bottom being careful to get all the ends 
singed around the sides and top, more partic- 
ular on top where the hair is falling out. 
After the hair is thoroughly singed take youi 
brush and rub it well to get the burnt ends off, 
also rub it with your fingers. It is a good 
idea if you can persuade your customer to 
have a sea-foam or a shampoo afterward. 
While we have always been in favor of singe- 
ing, it is our experience that the most benefi- 
cial results are obtained by the barber, there- 
by increasing his profits. Singeing is the same 
price as a hair cut, or shampoo, when hair- 
cutting is twenty-five cents, the same charge 
is made for singeing. 

DYEING THE HAIR. 

Dyeing is also a very simple operation 
and very profitable to the barber. You "Com- 
mence dyeing the hair after thoroughly wash- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 67 

ing it with soap and water, or shampoo, 
There is several kinds of dye in use, but I am 
unable to recommend anything equal to the 
old "lightning" dye. The receipt you have in 
this book. After you have thoroughly dried 
the hair put on No. i, combing the hair thor- 
oughly and when almost dry put on dye 
No. 2. This instartly turns the hair black 
and after you have thorougly combed this 
through the hair, getting it the same all over, 
then take your fan and dry the hair, care should 
betaken in combing the No. 2 through the hair. 
If you should blacken the skin, these spots 
can be removed by burning common paper 
and rubbing the black ashes on the same, with 
a towel across the fingers before washing, 
then rub the skin where the dye has stained it 
putting on soap and water and washing 
it well, after doing this the stains will all 
disappear. After you have thoroughly dyed 
and washed it, if there should be small 
spots or places where it has not stained prop- 
erly, retouch it again with No. 1, also No. 2, 
until you get the desired shade. Dry it again 



68 bridgeford's revised edition 



then put on your pomade, oil, etc., and comb 
nicely and your job is finished. For this opera- 
tion you should get from si.oo to $4.00. 
During" the World's Fair at Chicago, I have 
known several barbers to charge as high as 
$15.00 for this operation, the customer not 
knowing what he was to be charged until the 
job was finished. At the present time when 
they think a customer is a stranger in the city 
and not liable to make any great kick they 
chargfe. very high prices. 

BLONDI^IITG TH^ HAIR. 

Blondining Iz performed in the same 
manner as dyeing, but instead of dye you use 
amonia. After washing the hair well, use 
weakened amonia. Let the hair dry then 
comb through it paroxide of hydrogen two or 
three times daily until the hair has attained 
the shade you desire. It will be necessary to 
comb the paroxide of hydrogen through the 
hair at least once a week to keep the hair the 
shade you wish it. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 69 



STERILIZATION OF RAZORS. 



Some barber asks information as to an 
antiseptic solution in which to dip razors. He 
finds that prparations he has used for this pur- 
pose corrode the steel. This is a difficulty well 
known to surgeons, and probably the best way 
to overcome it is by the use of heat. "Flaming" 
that is passing- the instrument repeatedly 
through a flame is ore way of effecting" the 
destruction of disease germs, but if done 
thoroughly it ma}" affect the temper of the steel. 
Boiling in water minimizes this difficulty, and 
instruments so treated prove efficient as to cut- 
ting- power. The boiling- must be long continued 
to prove wholly efficacious with all germs, 
including their spores; the process may be 
materially shortened by boiling under pressure 
so that the temperature of the water is 
increased; according to Sternberg, at tempera- 
ture of 221 F. the spores of bacilli will be de- 
stroyed by an exposure of ten minutes, and at 
a temperature of 230 F. the same result is 
attained in one or two minutes. Boiling steel 



70 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

in pure water, however, causes rusting to guard 
against this about i per cent of pure sodium 
carbonate is added to the water. Complaints 
having been made that this was not always 
efficacious, Dr. Edward Andrews undertook 
some experiment some years ago regarding 
it on which he reported in the Journal of the 
American Medical Association. Plates of 
polished steel well washed with either to re- 
move all oily matter from the surface, plates 
of aluminium and several scalpels with handles 
of different metals (so chosen to ascertain if 
galvanic action was a factor in the operation) 
were boiled in water with and without the 
addition of sodium carbonate, soap and other 
agents. From these experiments the author 
drew the following conclusions: i. Hot dis- 
tilled water and steam rapidly rust steel instru- 
ments. 2. One per cent, solutions of soap 
and sodium carbonate almost perfectly protect 
steel instruments, provided they are completely 
immersed in the fluid. 3. If instruments lie in 
a shallow boiling pan and are not fully covered 
with the protective -fluid, and a cover or towel 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 71 

is laid over them, the portions projecting 
above the fluid will only get a steam bath and 
will rapidly rust. This is the accident which has 
caused some to think there is no uniformity, 
about the action of protective fluids in prevent- 
ing rust. The fluids themselves will not cause 
oxidation, but the steam rising from them will 
easily corrode steel. The boiling process 
while simpler than immersion in solutions of 
antiseptics is probably more certain in its 
effects. 



RAZORS. 

The barber shaves with a polished blade, 

While the milliner shaves when ladies trade 
The banker shaves at ten per cent ; 

While the landlord shaves in raising rent, 
The doctor shaves in draughts and pills, 

While the druggist shaves in pints and gills; 
The politician shaves the nation. 

The preacher shaves for all salvation ; 
The broker shaves in cashing notes ; 

While the farmer shaves in corn and oats ; 
The lawyer shaves both friends and foes, 

The pedler shaves where e'er he goes, 
The wily merchant shaves his brother, 

In fact you all shave one another. 



72 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 



GOOD ADVICE TO BARBERS. 



Because you have been running- a "cheap" 
shop is no reason why you should so continue. 
Because you have only been running two 
chairs heretofore, is no reason why you should 
not be running three, four or five by the end 
of the year. Because you have been making 
only $20.00 per week last year, is no reason 
why your profits this year should not average 
twice as much or more. 

As a beginning, sit down for a moment 
and look around your shop. Is it spotlessly 
clean? Are all the tools neatly arranged, 
bottles well filled and hair-cutting cloths neat- 
ly folded and hung" upon the chairs? Are the 
chairs attractive to the eye, comfortable to the 
occupant and up-to- date? Have you a regu- 
lar mirror case, or are you still clinging to the 
old-fashioned looking glass and bracket? 

Questioning yourself in this way, and 
carefully looking into the numerous details 
that make up a successful barber shop, we are 
satisfied that you will find something that can 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 73 

be improved upon. There is surely something 
that can be done to make each year more 
prosperous. 

We are reminded of a conversation held 
a short time ago. with a barber from a larcre 
Texas town. When we had the pleasure of 
meeting him, he was in a very restless frame 
of mind. He said for years he had been run- 
ning a three chair barber shop, which was 
located in the residence part of the city in 
which he lived. He was doing a fair business, 
and as long as it did not grow less from year 
to year he had been satisfied, but, said he, "it 
suddenly dawned upon me that although the 
city had been rapidly building up around me, 
my trade had not increased at all. I awaken- 
ed to the fact that my weekly receipts are just 
about the same now as they were four years 
ago. I began to study the situation, and very 
soon learned that people in the neighborhood 
were walking right past my door and patron- 
izing a fellow two blocks up the street. He 
had started up about a year ago and I had not 
paid much attention to him, but when I began 



74 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

to compare his shop with my own, I had to 
admit there was a difference. His shop was 
by far the more attractive, and you can 
depend upon it that first impressions go along 
way; but I've put in modern chairs now and 
a bright new mirror case, and the boys all 
wear white coats, and I guess we'll stop those 
people from walking past the door hereafter." 
This man woke up. Probably you, too, 
are doing well enough, but could you not dc 
better? Are there any customers walking 
past your door? 




BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 75 



THE BARBERS' TRADE AS A LIFE CALLING. 



There are few trades offering better in- 
ducements than that of the barber. Every- 
where in the civilized world he readily finds 
employment. It is not at all likely that the 
barbers trade will to any great extent ever be 
interfered with by machinery. The barber 
commands a good salary and steady imploy- 
ment. He is constantly surrounded by the 
current news of the day and always has time 
to read and keep abreast with the progress of 
the wold. Barbers wages in the United States 
run from ten to eighteen dollars a week, owing 
to locality and other conditions. 




76 bridgeford's revised edition 



A GOOD SUGGESTION TO THE BARBER. 



The disadvantages of learning 1 the bar- 
bers' trade in the shop are more numerous by 
far than is the case in any other trade; the 
principal one, however, is the useless length 
of time required to secure the necessary prac- 
tice. This is due to the fact that in no other 
trade does it require that pain must be suffered 
by the practice subject in order that the ap- 
prentice may learn it, and since practice can 
be had only at the cost of pain, the securing 
of practice becomes the chief problem of teach- 
ing- the trade, and for this reason there are 
but few men who will ever submit themselves 
as practice subjects for the apprentice and pay 
for the work besides; and in a barber shop 
where all are supposed to pay for their work, 
men are generally to proud to become practice 
subjects in sonsideration of free service. 
Therefore, most of the practice had in a bar- 
ber shop is secured only by concealing the fact 
that the workman is.an apprentice, and to hide 
this fact from outward observation, the pro- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MAI1UAL. 77 

prietor seldom goes about die apprentice to 
study and direct his movements, and which is 
the ouly time that instructions in teaching the 
barbers' trade are of any value, and therefore 
the shop proprietor is precluded from per- 
forming his duties as an instructor. A patron 
finding himself thus imposed upon, is always 
liable to remonstrate against the deception, 
and the apprentice is therefore usually nervous 
and unfitted for receiving the benefit of his 
practice. Under these circumstances the in- 
structions are very infrequent and much that 
is recived by way of instruction at one time is 
forgotten by the next. By computing the 
time occupied in actual work at -the chair dur- 
ing the usual appreticeship, it is found in most 
cases not to exceed three months. To avoid 
serving these years of misdirected drudgery, 
and the other numerous drawbacks, the barber 
school was established in many of the leading 
capitals of Europe for the purpose of teaching 
the trade, and where it has proved to be the 
most gracious liberator of shop drudges of all 
the trade-schools yet known and is therefore 



78 bridgeford's revised edition 

greatly encouraged. The barber school of 
Berlin, Germany, catalogued 399 students in 
1885, and another at Prague, Austria, listed 
as high as 107 students in 1888. Two barber 
schools were established by private enterprise 
in the City of Brussels in 1897 and have been 
subsidized by the Belgian government. 

Mr. Richard T. Auchmuty, an able 
American authority on the subject of trade 
education, has stated the situation very pre- 
cisely, and in a few words. He says: "One 
of the accepted theories of the trades-union is 
the advantage to be derived from limiting the 
number of workers. Instead of the fact that 
work makes work, that one busy class gives 
employment to other classes, it is assumed 
that there is a certain amount of work to be 
done and the fewer there is to do it the higher 
wages will be. It is therefore sought to make 
each trade into a monopoly; although these 
efforts have been uniformally unsuccessful, 
they have marred the lives of thousands of 
young men, and stilTcontinue to do so. Could 
the opposition of the trades-unions be over- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MAI1UAL. jg 

come, a great source of wealth would be 
opened to those now approaching- manhood. 
The effect of this policy is a matter of indiffer- 
ence to the trade unionist, for he cares but 
little for the future; he looks only to the num- 
ber of dollars it is possible to extract from a 
day's work. He willingly surrenders his liber- 
ty and judgement to his union officers, who 
generally turn it to business or political profit 
for themselves," 



General impressions go along way in this 
world. A man may have some particular 
hobby and imagine, for instance, that he is 
not being properly shaved if the razor is not 
held in a certain position, or travels in a speci- 
fied direction, or is not stropped a certain 
number of times between the first and second 
goings over. He may have some particular 
idea upon some particular subject which he 
uses as a guage of the grade of barber shop 
he is in, but such a man is the exception and 
not the rule. The average man has a guage 
which he applies, but you will find that nine 



80 bridgeford's revised edition 

times out of ten his eye rests first upon the 
barber's chair. If he sees an old fashioned, 
uncomfortable chair, a general feeling of dis- 
satisfaction creeps over him. He begins to 
feel that the soap you use is not good, that 
your razors pull and that your after-shaving 
preparation is not pleasant. All this before he 
puth himself under your care. The sight of 
the old fashioned chair starts him off in a crit- 
ical, dissatisfied frame of mind. But if he sees, 
a modern, up-to-date, bright, comfortable 
looking chair, the result is just the opposite. 
He does not look for trouble and is not in a. 
criticising mood. Of course the soap is good, 
of course the razor is perfect, and the after- 
shaving lotion just suits him. He starts in on 
the right tract and there's everything in the 
start one gets always. 




BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 01 

PERSONAL MAGNETISM. 

Before closing this book of instructions 
to barbers, I wish to make some observations 
on the subject of Personal Magnetism as a 
very valuable aid to the tonsorial artist, from a 
social as well as a financial standpoint. Any 
one who, but causually observes, knows there 
is an immense difference in the attractive and 
repulsive qualities of different individuals. 
Some draw to them a host of friends whom 
they seem to absolutly control; others repel 
and arouse antagonism in most every one they 
meet. The first named class of people are 
usually successful in every aim of life and the 
other class are alway wondering why they are 
such failures in every avenue of life. The dif- 
ference in these two classes is all due to the 
presence or absence of that potent and 
somewhat mysterious quality called pesonal 
magnetism. Now what is personal magnet- 
ism? We answer, * it simply means psychic 
influence or technically, hypnotic power. 
It is the influence of mind over mind. 



82 bridgeford's revised edition 

The person who posseses personal magnet- 
ism is consciously or unconsciously a 
hypnotist. It may not be generally known 
that this power can be acquired and also that 
any sane person can learn it, and no one can 
exercise it more potently than the barber, be- 
cause, by the very necessities of his profession 
is compelled to come in close physical contact 
with his patrons. Manipulation about the head 
is part and parcel of hypnotic methods and no 
one in the world has a better chance to hyp- 
notice than the barber, and he can exercise 
this power without his subject knowing it. 
Nine tenths of the people are subject to the 
influence of personal magnetism or hypnotism 
and in this progressive age no business man 
can well afford to be without a scientific 
knowledge of it. A weak person who 
has mastered this science can control persons 
much stronger than himself. The author 
of this book is a graduate of one of the great- 
est psychic institutions in America, and has 

given years to the investigation and practice 
of personal magnetism and all hypnotic phe- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 83 

nomena such as hypnotism for parlor enter- 
tainments, hypnotism for the stage, hypnotism 
for the cure of all bad habits, hypnotism for 
the cure of all diseases, hypnotism for dental 
surgery, hypnotism for surgery and as a thera- 
peutic agent, hypnotism for social, educational 
or business advancement; also all about mag- 
netic healing; all about clairvoyance; how to 
diagnose diseases without asking a question 
also how to look into the present, past and 
future of any individual. In short how to 
make a success of life in every particular. 
We will ask you to try the following experi- 
ment in proof of the reality of personal mag- 
netism. Suppose a person comes to you with 
the headache. You will say to him I will 
cure you without medicine; all I ask of you is 
to close your eyes and let me stroke your head 
for a few moments and your headache will 
certainly pass away. Now stroke his head 
gently, backward and downward from the 
middle of the forehead to the region of the 
temples, while you will with all possible 
mental energy that his headache shall cease, 



84 bridgeford's revised edition 

and ninty-nine cases out of a hundred you 
should relieve or cure your patient. Try this 
and then take a course in personal magnetism, 
and hypnotism and learn how to perform a 
thousand very useful, profitable and instructive 
experiments. Will you do it? Our new book 
of instructions gives you every advanced 
method of psychic science; and when you 
master its contents, which are plain and sim- 
ply given, go forth into the world and in the 
language of the Emperor Constantine: "In 
this sign I conquor, " or in the words of 
Ceasar you can say: "Veni vidi vici". "I 
came, I saw, I conquered." So barber if you 
would succeed and in your business quickly 
speed, learn how to exercise control of other 
minds, thus reach your goal. 



«j£ 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL, 



TO HAVE FINE THICK HAIR. 



Curiously enough, women, as a rule, do 
not take proper care of their scalps and hair. 
The scalp, like the pores of the face, must be 
kept clean to be in a healthy condition. The 
head, if inclined to be oily, should be washed 
every week in summer time, if not, once in 
two weeks will do. The growth of hair in a 
health)' scalp is from eight to ten inches a 
year, growing faster in summer than in winter. 
The hair stretches in wet weather and shrinks 
in dry, which is the cause of artificially curied 
hair becoming straight in moist air. 

If you use the curling irons during the 
summer, be sure to supply the follicies with a 
little extra nourishment in the way of a bril- 
liantine to make up for that which the heat 
abstracts. 



86 bridgeford's revised edition 

The two following recipes furnish the 
best possible emollients, the first of which is 
non-greasy: 

Lavender water, - i ounce 

Glycerine, - - i ounce 

Clarified honey, - 2 ounces 

Rectified spirits, - 4 ounces 

First mix the honey and glycerine, then 
add the lavender water or eau de cologne and 
last of all the spirits. 

The second recipe is intended to give a 
more or less glossy appearance to the hair, as 
well as to strengthen it. 

Castor oil, - - 2 drams 

Rectified spirits, - 5 ounces 

Attar of roses to perfume, 

Tincture of cochineal, 2 drams 

The best way of using these preparations 
is to put a few drops into the palm of the hand 
and then rub the bristles of the brush across 
it, and so apply to the hair. 

All greasy preparations, it must be re- 
membered, will darken the hair, as will also 
too constant and frepuent brushing; therefore > 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 87 

those whose hair is very light should use the 
brush with moderation, employing- a bomb 
with coarse, smooth teeth for the ventilation 
and disentanglement of their tresses. 

Again, white of an egg, though excellent 
for cleansing- tne hair tends to darken it. 
Those who have blonde, light brown, auburn 
or chestnut hair will do best to wash their hair 
with borax and warm water — an even teaspoon- 
ful of the former to a teacup of the latter. 
Rub this into the roots of the hair with a piece 
of clean flannel until every particle bi dan- 
druff has been removsd. Then dry it thor- 
oughly, allowing it to hang loose for an hour 
or two, and the next day — not the same re- 
member — rinse with warm water first, then in 
cold, and again dry thoroughly — in the sun, if 
possible — and finally comb gently with a 
coarse-toothed comb. 

This simple wash should not be used oftner 
than once a month. Borax should on no ac- 
count be used by those whose hair is gray or 
white, as it will tinge the hair yellow A little 
indigo put into the rinsing water for gray hair 



88 bridgeford's revised edition 

imparts to it a most clean and beautiful ap- 
pearance and in no way injures it. 

Brunettes can do no better than to use the 
rosemary wash, which not only cleanses but 
checks any falling out, especially if this is oc- 
casioned by excessive heat of the scalp, or 
severe headaches. 

Boil from six to eight minutes one pound of 
rosemary leaves in a quart of water, staining 
and adding a lump of champhor, and if the 
hair is inclined to be dry, a teaspoonful of co- 
coanut or olive oil. 

Ammonia should be omitted from any recipe 
if the scalp is very dry. During the hot 
weather many people suffer from loss of hair, 
due to over heated heads which weaken the 
scalp. If this occurs, use the following hair 
wash every morning for a week, then three 
times a week: 

Oil of sweet almonds - i ounce 
Spirits of chloroform - i ounce 

Laurel water - - i ounce 

Spirits of rosemary - i ounce 

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BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 89 

amonor the roots of the hair; a diminution in 
the fall will follow after a few days applica- 
tion. 

To counteract the dryness and dandruff 
characteristic with so many heads of hair use 
the sage tea emollient; 

Sage leaves (freshly gathered when 
possible) - - 1-4 pound 

Boiling water - i pint 

Stand on one side for a day and a half, then 
strain through filter-paper and add; 

Glycerine - - i ounce 

Spirits of rosemary - i ounce 

Camphor - - 1-4 ounce 

Use daily two weeks, and at night massage 

the scalp with the promade below, putting a 

small piece on the finger and kneading into 

the roots. 

Sulphate of quinine - 12 grains 

Tincture of capsicum 1 drachm 

Soft wool fat compound 1 ounce 

To prevent the hair falling after severe 

headache, excessive prespiration, or weakness 

of the scalp caused by illness, try the following 



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lotion, which must be well rubbed into the 
roots of the hair three or four times a week 
for a month or six weeks. 

Eau de cologne, - 8 ounces 

Tincture of jarborandi, - i ounce 
Oil of lavender, - i drachm 

Oil of rosemary, - \ drachm 

A soft bristle brush and a course, blunt 
comb are the only things that ought to be 
used on the hair. Violence breaks, splits and 
loosens the hairs, causing them to fall out. 
Never use a fine tooth comb; it irritates the 
scalp and frequently leads to disease. When- 
ever the hair looks ragged at the ends, cut off 
about an inch every new moon. This 
strengthens it. 




BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. gi 



DERMATOLOGY. 



Diseases affecting- the skin. Some are 
of trifling character; others are symptomatic 
of grave internal derangements and are difrl- 
cult to cure. Many resemble each other and 
mistakes of identification are apt to occur. 

That branch of science which treats of 
the skin and its diseases. The appearances 
of cutaneous diseases are very varied, but the 
usual classification, both in this country and 
abroad, is that of Willau and Bateman, com- 
prising eight orders: — (i) Papulae, or pimples; 
(2) Squamae, or scales; (3) Exanthemata, or 
rashes; (4) Bullae, or blebs, minature blisters; 
(5) Pustulae, or pustules; (6) Vesiculae, or 
vesicles; (7) Tuberculae, or tubercles, (8) 
Maculae, or spots. Dr. Aitkin gives the fol- 
lowing as the more common diseases of the 
skin: — Erythema, urticaria, nettlerash, lichen, 
psoriasis, herpes, pemphigus or pompholyx, 
eczema, ecthyma, acne. The parasitic diseases 
are ringworm, or tinea tonsurans, favus, and 
itch or scabies. Many of these appear in 



g2 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

combination, or as symptoms of general, con- 
stitutional, or febrile diseases; and, in addition 
to these, having various forms of cutaneous 
manifestation, are syphilis, purpura, leprosy, 
scurvy, and the like, with bronzed-skin or 
Addison's disease (q. v.). But the classifica- 
tions are endless. 

Under this head we will make a few re- 
marks and give a few of the best formulas in 
use for the cure of diseases most liable to come 
before the barber. We wish to state rigfht 
here that after 30 years in the barber business 
we have failed so far, to have one case, so- 
called barber itch, called to our special atten- 
tion, therefore we think a great deal of the 
manifestations made by the Board of barber 
Eaxminers, and the Board of Health is unnec- 
essary. Cleanliness is next to godliness. There- 
fore if you keep your strops, razor and every- 
thing else connected with your shop clean, you 
will have no trouble with any of the contagious 
diseases. We find out that the best sterilizing 
agents are soap and water, soap being an anti- 
septic. However, the utmost care and caution 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 93 

should be used after shaving- one afflicted with 
sores or eruptions. The razor should be 
immediatly emreged in hot water and soap suds 
and thoroughly polished with a chamois 
skin or towel. This, however, should be done 
with all of your razors. Polish them every 
day thereby preventing them from becoming- 
rusty. This should be done when you are 
through work at night. This precaution being 
taken, I will guarantee there will be no spread 
of contagious diseases. These formulas that 
we introduce here for the cure of baber itch, 
pimpler, eruptions, etc. are obtained from the 
best authorities on this subject, therefore we 
can recommend them without hesitancy as 
being the best curative agency of the present 
day. 




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APPLICATIONS FOB ROUGHENED SKIN. 



For a good general emollient there is 
nothing probably better than glycerine; but it 
should alway be diluted before application, as 
if used too freely a' 'stickiness" results which is 
quite disagreeable. If the glycerine is sold un- 
diluted for toilet use, the customer should re- 
ceive instructions to put a few drops on his 
hands, for instance, while they are yet wet 
from washing, and then distribute evenly over 
the surface by rubbing, allow them to dry 
without the use of a towel. As a lotion for 
use in the ordinary way, the following is con- 
venient: 

Glycerine - i Part 

Rose water - 9 Parts 

Plain water may, of course, be used as the 
dilutent, but a slightly prefumed pre- 
paration is generally considered more desira- 
ble. The perfume may easily be obtained by 
dissolving a very small proportion of hand- 
kerchief ''extract" or some essential oil in the 
glycerine, and then mixing with plain water. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 95 

If it is desired to tint the liquid, this may be 
done by a minute quantity of cochineal color- 
ing-, N. F., which will give a pink tint. Care 
must be taken not to use enough to cause 
staining of the skin. For a toilet cream 
adapted for dispensing in either collapsible 
tubes or in glass jars, the official glycerite of 
starch will answer. It is scarcely necessary to 
say that this is made simply by stiring to- 
gether 10 grams of starch, 80 of glycerine and 
10 c. c. of water, and heating gently until a 
jelly is formed. This jelly may, of course, be 
perfumed if desired. A little perfume is 
rather desirable, but an excess should be 
avoided. Many of the essential oils are suit- 
able for perfumes in this case, as are also 
handkerchief extracts. Another cosmetic is 
the so-called glycerine jelly, which may be 
made as follows. 

Flake tragacanth, selected 1 dr 

Water - 2 ozs 

Glycerine - 2 ozs 

Place the tragacanth in the water, stir from 

time to time until a perfectly smooth mucilage 



g6 bridgeford's revised edition 

results and then incorporate with it the gly- 
cerine. As straining a mucilage of tragacanth 
is difficult if not impracticable without the use 
of a strong press, the operator should en- 
deavor to avoid a necessity for it, by using 
only the best articles of flake tragacanth, 
being careful to pick out pieces which are free 
from any specks of foreign material. If it be 
necessary, however to use gum the mucilage 

from which will require straining, a large ex- 
cess of water may be employed, and this ex- 
cess subsequently driven off on a water bath. 
Ihe first procedure will presumably be the 
more satisfactory, at least for a small quantity. 
The formula given above yields a preparation 
which is quite firm; it may, of course, be ren- 
dered more fluid by the addition of either or 
both liquids. The jelly may be scented, if 
desired, by a few drops of oil of rose or other 
appropriate perfume, and a pink or read color- 
given to it by cochineal coloring. An emol- 
lient tablet which has proved satisfactory, may 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 97 

be prepared by the following formula: 

Mutton suet 18 ozs 

Spermaceti - 12 ozs 

White wax - 12 ozs 

Oil of rose geranium - 3 drs 

Melt together by a gentle heat, reserving 
the addition of the oil until the other ingredi- 
ents are liquified, on account of its volatility, 
stir well as the mixture begins to cool, con- 
tinuing until ready to set, when pour into 
molds. Yellow wax is preferable to white, the 
latter having a somewhat rancid odor. If a 
white preparation is desired, the wax must 
necessarily be white, and if a pink or red tint 
is wanted, the wax should also be white. The 
color may be given by infusing alkanet in 
a portion of the suet. The quantities given 
above will make from 24 to 26 tablets if cast 
in molds of 15-8 by 2 5-8 inches square and 
7-8 inch deep; a convenient and desirable size. 
The best material for the molds is block tin. 
Their form should be a pan, as indicated in the 
statement for measurement, the top side en- 
tirely open, and they should taper very slightly 



98 bridghford's revised edition 

on the side from bottom to top. A desirable 
arrangement is to have them so placed in a tray 
that they may be surrounded by cold water. 
The chief use of the tray is to enable the 
molds to be chilled before casting, which ren- 
ders adhesion of the tablets much less likely. 
Much cheaper though less elegant molds may 
be made of tinned iron, and the tray may be 
dispensed with. The usual way for putting up 
such tablets is to wrap them first in thin 
smooth paper, then in an outer covering of tin 
foil, and lastly to enclose in a paper box. 

We wish to add in addition to the above 
article that there is no other preparation for 
roughened skin and chapped hands than our 
cream of roses or nothing better to be used 
after shaving" • It is cooling" and its curitive or 
medicinal properties are phenominal. We 
would not think of continuing in the barber 
business without this preparation on hand for 
sale, it is easy prepared; keeps well and if 
displayed in small bottles with a nice showy 
lable. You will be surprised at the amount 
you will sell; especially in the fall of the year. 
I will not hesitate to say that I have sold 
hundred of dollars worth. You can do the 
same. It is my intention that this article will 
be useful to you. 



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THE MASSAGE. 



There is an old story of an irreverent 
child, who, on being punished for some mis- 
deed by a supper of bread and water, phil- 
osophically remarked, ''This is a good thing 
for the digestion." On being whipped for 
such impertinence she placidly observed, 
"This is a good thing for the circulation." 
The ability or reasoning so correctly is not 
always vouchsafed to us early in life, but in 
later years we learn that good circulation and 
good digestion are generally the fruit of the 
hardships rather than the "softships" of ex- 
istence. It is true that in moments of great 
gladness the blood circulates quickly. You 
feel it going up in a big wave to the face in an 
instant, and down to the feet in the next, as 
though every drop were running and leaping 
and praising God. But excitement, even the 
most pleasurable, has its period of reaction — 
exhaustion. Most of the days in the year are 
not exciting, and those who are troubled with 
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pale faces and cold extremities, who are chilly 
between the shoulders and shiver over the fire 
in bad weather, often wish they could discover 
something' permanently good for the circula- 
tion. Exercise is of course the great correct- 
ive, but indoor exercise does not seem to 
remove the trouble. Who has not heard a 
woman remark over her sewing, 44 I thought it 
was a warm day when I was stirring about 
this morning, but now it seems actually chilly." 
Even after the brisk run so highly recom- 
mended for chronic chilliness, there is sure to 
be a rapid ebbing away of acquired warmth in 
the resultant fatieue. What is wanted is some 
method whereby the blood may be induced to 
flow to the cold blue-veined feet as habitually 
and abundantly as it runs to the usually over- 
heated head. Some form of friction— rubbing, 
beating, pinching, slapping or kneading— is the 
best for this purpose, because it does not leave 
one tired out, but rather rested and refreshed. 
It is the operator who is tired. 

To lie on a couch swathed in blankets, 
from which now an upper limb, now a lower 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. IOI 

limb is withdrawn, pale and dead-lookin, and 
tucked back warm and glowing, and to have 
the back, abdomen and chest scientifically and 
delightfully belabored is to feel that your pro- 
fessional nurse has richly earnad your dollar 
an hour. But in the country, where dollars 
and professional nurses are not very plentiful, 
it would seem as if delicate people might pro- 
fitably try self-treatment. Julius Caesar, we 
are told, had himself pinched for neuralgia. 
Had he been a less lofty persorage he might 
have been reduced to the necessity of being 
his own pincher, and doubtless in that case 
the pinching would have been as thoroughly 
done. This sounds trivial, but chere is more 
in it than at first might appear. One of that 
numerous class of women who are ''just able 
to drag themselves around," found that gen- 
eral stagnation was apparently her great 
trouble. She felt dull, heavy, lethargic, and 
even a short walk left her very tired. She 
procured a work on massage and practiced on 
herself a little at a time as she was able, always 
in a well ventilated room and well warmed in 



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winter. It has proved the very best of tonics, 
and she nows enjoys that sense of elasticity 
and aliveness in every fiber which indicates a 
close approach to a state of ideal health. 

Massage can never take the place of ac- 
tive exercise, but it fits one to enjoy and get 
the later without danger of that great result- 
ant fatigue which is the bugbear of so many 
weakly people. And in times of seemingly 
over-work and exhaustion, "a good rubbing 
down" is certainly as beneficial to the human 
frame as to the favorite race horse on the turf. 



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INSTRUCTIONS TOR FACIAL MASSAGE AND 
FOR ITS SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION. 



A Facial Massage, from a barber's stand 
point of view, is generally given after shaving, 
commencing with hot towels, making as many 
applications with the hot wet towels as you 
think the face can possibly stand, (bath towels 
are the best for this purpose, as they hold the 
heat longer,) using your judgment and con- 
sulting the wishes of your patient or customer, 
as some people can stand more hot towels 
than others. After you have the face thor- 
oughly sweated and warmed up by the towels, 
then you apply the massage — a very good and 
simple formula for making, will be found 
among the recipes in toilet department of this 
book. You will apply the massage prepara- 
tion to the face, after using the hot towels, 
letting the massage have time to set to the 
face. The idea now is to rub lightly with the 
fingers until the massage rolls off in rolls, 
which will take with it all the dirt and other 
impurities, such as blackheads, blotches, etc., 



104 bridgeford's revised edition 

that may be in the pores or on the outside 
surface of the skin. Then begin the manipu- 
lating- process with fingers and hands. Gently 
manipulate the face thoroughly until massage 
preparation has rolled off, then you commence 
to manipulate across from the center of the 
forehead clown across the temples; then place 
the fingers over the eyes, draw down toward 
the ears over the nose with fingers and thumb, 
and then across the chin back towards the 
neck, making different manipulations, and 
raising the skin generally with the tips of the 
fingers, until the face becomes thoroughly 
heated and the blood is brought to the sur- 
face, making it a scarlet hue. The object in 
this is to bring the blood to the surface and 
thoroughly open up all the pores of the skin. 
The massage is supposed to take away all the 
impurities from the outside surface. Exer- 
cising the facial muscles and increasing the 
circulation of the blood, and telegraphing so 
to speak the blood from one nerve center to 
another at its proper ratio, is where the bene- 
fit is supposed to be derived. A massage 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. IO5 

properly given, according to these instruc- 
tions, will in a short time, make a wrinkled 
f ice appear smooth as in youth. 

Now rub the hands together, creating a 
friction, which causes the hands to become 
warm; then draw the hands down over the 
face from the forehead with quick trembling 
motions. This is called the magnetic treat- 
ment and is claimed by many to be far super- 
ior to the electric massage given by the elec- 
tric motor machine, as in this way you get the 
benefit of the vital magnetism. 

Place the hands in a position to fit over 
the face and across the chin; then pat the face 
gently, creating an air suction between the 
hands and face. This takes the place of the 
suction cup; pressing the cheek up between 
the thumb and fingers of each hand, will make 
the cheeks red and rosy, making a quick mo- 
tion with the palm of the hand across the fore- 
head and gently pressing around the temples 
will oftentimes relieve a very severe headache. 

Now you are ready for the ice or cold 
towels. In extreme cases where the face is 



106 bridgeford's revised edition 

very much wrinkled, it is recommended to use 
ice towels, but in ordinary cases, cold wet 
towels will do. This closes up the pores of 
the skin and takes away all the little wrinkles, 
or what is called "crow's feet" that settle 
around the corners of the eyes, and makes the 
skin feel smooth. 

You should endeavor to make the mas- 
sage as pleasant as possible for your cus- 
tomer. Don't be rough, but handle the face 
as easy as possible. Impress upon his mind 
the benefits derived and induce the customer 
to take them as often as possible. 

When you have finished with the cold 
towels, then dry the face thoroughly, and use 
some eood lotion, such as Cream of Roses, 
the recipe for making same will be found in 
the recipe department of this book, or some 
nice toilet water. Dry the face, using talcum 
powder for finish. 

Now if you can, induce your customer to 
take the scalp treatment. This is done with 
massage roller, by placing a light towel over 
the hair; then you rub gently with the mas- 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. IO/ 

sage roller all over the head, creating a kind 
of counter irritation, bringing the blood to 
the roots of the hair, after which you give the 
scalp a good rubbing with the ends of your 
fingers, rubbing the scalp all over, behind the 
ears, down on the neck and across the tem- 
ples all through the hair until you have thor- 
oughly created a good circulation of the blood 
at the roots. This rejuvenates the roots of 
the hair and puts it in a healthy condition. 
Use a kind of pressure movement so as to not 
rub the hair off the head, as some men have 
very very little and do not want to have it 
rubbed off. Now use some good tonic or 
pomade, rubbing the hair dry, after which, 
you are ready to dress or comb your custom- 
er's hair. 

It is always well to try to make these 
treatments as pleasant as possible. Jolly 
your customer along making him feel he is 
getting the worth of his money, and receiving 
great benefit from this treatment, which will 
be the case if you administer the treatment ac- 
cording to these instructions which we have 



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BKIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 



tried to make so plain and simple that anyone 
who can read can understand them. If you 
cannot obtain the massage roller in your home 
town, and wish one, we will furnish it to you 



at a nominal figure. 




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MANICURING. 



The professional cure or treatment of the 
hands and nails. To attend to the hand and 
nails. Treating- the blemishes of the former 
and trimming and polishing- the latter, etc. 
Quite an important side line in connection 
with the barber business is a manicuring- and 
chiropodist department. This department 
should be a room fitted up for that purpose 
with a few manicuring" tools, which is all that 
is necessary. A little practice will make you 
proficient and you will be surprised at the 
amount of money that you will make in this 
line. There is always some one to operate 
upon and always some one who is wishing to 
have work done if you have the tools to attend 
to same properly. We give you a number of 
recipes in this book which will enable you to 
carry on the business successfully. Alboline 
Oil is used for the massage, rubbing and tak- 
ing off the blemishes preparatory to treating 
the nails. It is also well to have some glycer- 
ine and lemon juice to take off the spots on 



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the hands. The lormulas found in this book 
are known to be the best preparations for the art 
of manicuring. Some people are subject more 
than others to the inconvenience and disfigure- 
ment of what are termed ' 'hang nails" which 
when attempted to be torn off, causes Severn 
pain. Various methods are resorted to for re- 
moving these pieces of flesh. Some bite them 
off, others cut and clip them, and others, again 
use the nails of the opposite hand. The best 
way is to loosen the membrane from the nail 
with some blunt instrument and afterward with 
a pair of pointed scissors to clip away the rag- 
o-ed flesh. When tbe membrane is too long, 
that is, when it grows up too high on the nail, 
it should be pressed back with a blunt instru- 
ment and clipped off with a pair of curved 
scissors. Every day when the hands are be- 
ine dried, the flesh at the base of the nail 
should be pressed back. If necessary, lift it 
previsously with an ivory manicure instrument. 
Care must be taken not to treat the the nail 
roughly or the risk of injuring the nail at the 
root is insured. 



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CHIROPODIST. 



To remove Corns and Warts: 

Gum Camph - | oz 

Chi. Hydrate - h Dr 

Chloroform - 20 Drops 

Put small amount on each wart or corn; if 
the wart is large, a lump about the size of a 
pea will be required. Light this with a match 
when it gets so hot that the person can't stand 
it longer blow out then lio-ht acrain so on until 
corn or wart is blistered, then you can remove 
it with the thumb or finger, or pinch it 
out. After you have it out put on the follow- 
ing, which will heal it up at once: 

Gum Champhor - i oz 

Crystal Carbolic Acid - ^ oz 

This will heal any kind of an old sore. To 
make an anticeptic take one Dram of the above 
and 15 or 20 Grains of Crystal Cocaine. The 
doctor from which I obtained this formula 
sold it to the Dental Trade quite extensively. 
For the following receipt I paid S25. Prus- 



112 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

sian Tonic Luster and Dandruff Shampoo: 
Bay Rum - 8 oz 

Alchol - 8 oz 

Tr Cantharides - ii oz 

Lavender Camp Spts. 2 oz 

Aqua Ammonia - 2 oz 

Mix use and rub until you have it damp. 
Use once daily until hair has stops falling" out 
— when the hair is falling' out badly add ten 
Grains Tanic Acid. 

The method used by regular Chriopodist 
is as follows in removing" corns. Solution for 
softening corn before removing- with the corn 
razor: 

Alcohol - if oz 

Carbolic Acid 70 Drops 

Menthal - 70 Drops 

Crystal Cocaine 20 Gr 

After the corn is removed use the following 

either with cotton or a small camels hair brush 

this forms a new skin or blister which protects 

the tender tiesh until new skin grows to take 

the place of the corn. If you should cause 

the corn to bleed (which you should not do if 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. II3 

you are careful in taking it out) use Marsillo 
solution of Iron, which will immediately stop 
the blood: 

Colodian - 4 oz 

Carbolic Acid - 1 1-2 oz 

Sub. Either - 2 oz 

Canna Biscindica, - 2 oz 

To remove or cure Proud Flesh use Burnt 

Alum. For ingrowing toe nails use Brosic 

Acid. The best cure for Bunions is pure 

Skunk Oil. 

Probably there is no little thing which 
causes so much annoyance and, in many cases 
actual pain, as corns upon the toes, between 
the toes, or upon the bottom of the foot. 

Many people suffer the pain and annoy- 
ance and other serious results from corns for 
years, and after trying the many lotions, 
salves, ointments and many so-called eradicat- 
ors, without cure or relief give up the hope of 
a final cure. 



114 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

A SHORT COURSE IN PHYSICAL CULTURE 

EXERCISES 



Adopted for Barbers or those of Sedentary Habits. 

We have been prompted in getting out 
this course for physical development partly 
from our own experience and partly from the 
experience of others. As we have known of 
a great many barbers in our time, that had 
they known and practiced physical culture ex- 
ercises mioht have been sound, able bodied 

o 

men. Scientific men of all ages have been 
studying to better the physical condition of 
mankind. 

The first and most important thing in 
physical culture exercises is deep breathing and 
lung expansion, a very good example to go 
by will be found as follows: Stand in a per- 
fectly erect position with hands extended 
downward then inhale long deep breath count- 
ing seven, retain whde counting seven and 
exhale while counting seven, repeating this 
all the way from 5 to 1 5 times, or as many times 
as you think necessary, as the more you 
practice this the easier it will become. 



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115 




FIG. 1. 



Ex. 1. Stand perfectly 
erect with hands closed tightly 
as possible and extended down- 
ward, making the body as 
dense as possible and bending 
the arms upward from the 
elbow. Repeat this from five 
to fifteen times increasing as 
you prolong the practice. Fig. 
1 shows the 



back view and 
fig. 2 the front 
view. In con- 
nection with 
No. 1. raise 
and lower the body by throw- 
ing weight on the toes. High- 
ly beneficial for weak ankle 
muscles. 

Ex. 2. Stand perfectly 
erect, bend the arms inward 
from the elbows on closing 
the fists and making the arms 
muscles as dense and hard 




FIG .2 



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as possible and thrust outward as in fig. 2. 
Repeat this from five to fifteen times always 
bearing in mind the deep breathing. 




Ex. 3. Stand 
perfectly erect, 
with chest ex- 
tended; extend 
the arms straight 
from the shoul- 
der with hands 
open and palms 
down as shown 
i n illustration peat from ten to 

fig 3. Then draw twenty times. 

This exercise is important, as it strengthens 
the muscles seldom used. 

Upper chest breathing. Cross the arms, 
brino-ino- t ] ie shoulders forward and down- 
ward, now as you inhale deeply and freely, 



the arms in to 
chest with slow 
mo- 
tion, bending el- 
bows only. This 
motion should 
be accompanied 
\\- i t h deep 
breathing. Re- 



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117 



bring the arms and shoulders up and back, fill- 
ing the chest fully and thoroughly, slightly 
drawing in the abdomen. This is especially 

beneficial for chest expansion, though it is 
well to remember that this is not the proper 
way to breath ordinarily, as expansion should 

begin in the abdominal 

region. 

Ex. 4. To prac- 
tice this exercise take 
a deep breath, raise 
the arms upward as 
high as possible, as if 
reaching for something 
beyond your reach, and 
; then bend the trunk 
\ forward and make the 
i hands touch the floor 
. without bending the 
knees as in fig. 4. Prac- 
tice this about 5 times 
a day at first but in- 
crease each day. It is 



FIG. 4. 



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hard to touch the floor at first but practice each 
day will soon make it easy. 

Ex. 5. This exercise 
is very much like the last, 
but in this one you extend 
the arms out horizontally, 
bend the trunk forward 
and touch the floor with 
one hand, as in fig. 5. It 
is neces- 
sary t o 
bend the 
knee i 11 
this exer- 
cise. Re- 
peat this 

e x e rcise ,- 
every day and increasing it 
gradually as it becomes easier. 

Ex. 6. Stand perfectly 
erect with arms extended 
downward, then open and shut 
the fists, using- all the energy 

' s SJ FIG. 6. 




FIG. 5. 




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119 



you possess. Be sure to take plenty of deep 
breathing- while practicing this exercise, re- 
peating from five to fifteen times. 

Ex. 7. Assume a perfectly erect po- 




FIG. 7. 



sition and take a deep breath, swing the arrr.s 
upward over the head, so that the hands 
touch, do this exercise to the count of two 



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on one raise the arms and on two lower them 
to the sides again. Repeat from five to 
fifteen times. 

Ex. 8. Stand erect with fists closed 
and arms extended downward then raise the 
arms upward in oblique position, first using 
one arm and then the other, as in fio-. 8. Re- 
peat from five to fifteen times. 





FIG. 8. FIG. o. 

Ex. 9. Same as in No. 8 with a slow 



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121 



swinging motion, making all the muscles of 
the arms and shoulders hard as possible, this 
is good in developing breast, shoulder and 
bicepts muscles. 

Ex. 10. In this exercise lay flat on the 
floor, then slowly raise the body frorrr the 




FIG. 10. 

waist without touching the floor with the 
hands. This exercise is especially recom- 
mended for constipation, as it exercises all the 
abdominal muscles. During all these exer- 
cises concentrate your mind on receiving 
benefit and that you will bz stronger and bat- 
ter than you ever was before. 

Bathing, proper diet, and regular sleep 
are the three requisites connected with physi- 



122 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

cal culture. Any one who desires continued 
good health should be able to sleep at least 
eight hours at night, have a regular time for 
retiring. Form these habits of regularity 
and live as closely to them as possible, and 
practice the course of exercises on retiring at 
night and on arising in the morning. If you 
are not feeling well do not postpone or neg- 
lect them under any consideration, for if you 
commence to neglect them you will become 
negligent after a while and neglect them alto- 
gether, but if you keep them up, it will soon 
become a pleasure. 

It is generally supposed that every one 
knows how to take a bath, but prize fighters 
and athletes in general do not get into a tub 
and never use absolute cold or very hot water, 
and soap is never used more than once a week, 
but they take a good sized sponge and dip it 
in luke warm water and wipe the body all over 
this way, dipping the sponge in water often, 
and dry with a course towel and completing 
with a thorough rubbing. 

As this in only intended for a short course 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 123 

to be used in a general way you must use your 
own judgment as to the amount of work to be 
done at each exercising period, but by using a 
small amount of intelligence you can, in a very 
few days, adopt the exercises that will be best 
suited to your condition. 

I state to those wishing a complete course 
in physical culture, and something up-to-date, 
equal if not superior in many of the mail 
courses, containing all the different muscular 
movements and complete systematical course 
commonly sold for $10 to $25 which will be 
found in Bridgeford's book of Physic Science, 
and Physical Culture complete. Priceonly$ 1. 50 




124, BRIDGEFORDS REVISED EDITION 



UP-TO-DATE 
FORMULAS 
FOR. THE 
TOILET AND 
OTHER. 
PURPOSES 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 125 

BROWN DYE. 

This is the latest and greatest discovery of 
the age in dyes; is a perfect dye. Beautiful 
Brown and more durable than Black dye, and 
contains only one solution. 

Nitrate of Silver, i ounce 

Aqua Ammonia, - 2 ounces 

Sodium Carbonate, - i\ drams 
Distilled Water, - 5 ounces 

Dissolve silver in 4 ounces water and add 
ammonia until entirely dissolved. Then dis- 
solve the soda in this solution and add water 
to make 6 ounces. Let stand 48 hours and 
decant or strain. Wash mustache or hair thor- 
oughly with good sea-foam or shampoo, re- 
moving all grease or dirt and apply. 

"ONE SOLUTION BLACK DYE." 

Nitrate of Silver, 1 ounce 

Nitrate of Copper 15 grains 

Water of Ammonia 2 ounces 

Dissolve the silver and copper in 4 ounces 

of distilled water, then gradually add the 

water ammonia until the solution is re-dissolved 

then add water to make one-half pint. 



126 bridgeford's revised edition 



BROWN DYE. 

Pyrogallic Acid, - i ounce 

Olive Oil, - - i ounce 

Lac. Sulphur, - i ounce 

Rain Water, - 8 ounces 
Mix, apply as other dyes. 

HARDENING RAZORS. 

Acetic Acid - i ounce 

Water sufficient to immerse blade. Leave 
in both twenty-four hours. 

CREAM OP ROSES. 

Glycerine, - ii pounds 

Witch Hazel, - i pint 

Borsoek Acid, - 2 ounces 

Alcohol. - - i pint 

Juice or one Lemon. 
To be used for chapped face and hands, 
thieken with Gum Trag. disolved in warm 
water to a desiree thickness. Color with car- 
mine red if desired. 

BLONDINE. 

Peroxide of Hydrogen 8 ounces 

Apply as other dyes. 



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HAIR DYE. 

Dissolve 2 ounces of Pyrogollic Acid in a 
mixture of Alcohol of 94% and 18 ounces of 
Distilled Water. This is the Mordaunt, and 
the Dye is prepared as follows: Dissolve 1 
ounce of Nitrate of Silver in 8 ounces of 
Distilled Water and add 2 ounces of Ammonia 
F. F. F. Both solutions should be kept in 
glass stopped bottles. 

TO PREVENT BALDNESS. 

Cod Liver Oil, - 10 parts 

Onion Juice, - - 10 parts 

Yolk of one Egg. 
Mix, shake before using and apply once a 

week. Gum Arabic may be used in place of 

the Yolk of Egg. 

HAIR BLEACH. 

There is no formula given with the Hair 
Bleach. Hydrogen Paroxide is the most 
efficient bleach and forms the basis of most of 
the articles sold for this purpose. The com- 
mercial article should be freely diluted before 
using and the hair should be free from all 
grease, etc. , by washing with warm suds. 



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SHAMPOO. 



Boracic Acid, 
Sal. Tartar, 
Sulph. Ether, 
Rain Water, 



2 ounces 

i ounce 

4 ounce 

i quart 



BRILLIANTINE. 



Glycerine, 
Alcohol, 
Rose Water, 
Oil of Bergamot, 



^ ounce 
5 ounces 

i ounce 
io drops 



FACE CREAM. 



Hydro Chlorate of Ammonia 4 parts 
Dilute Hydro Chloric Acid, 5 parts 
Lait Virginal, - 50 parts 

Glycerine, - 30 parts 



FRECKLE CREAM. 



Quince Seed, 
Chloride Ammonia, 
Cologne, 
Hot Water, 



i ounce 

i ounce 

1 ounce 

1 pint 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 12} 

SHAMPOO MIXTURE. 

Extract of Guilloys Fluid 14 parts 

Cologne Water, - i3 parts 

Glycerine, - - 8 parts 

Alcohol, - 30 parts 

Rose Water, - 35 parts 



SHAMPOO MIXTURE. 

Borax, - i2 parts 

Ammonia Carbonate, - 3 parts 
Tinct. of Cantharides, - 6 parts 
Glycerine, - - 12 parts 

Water, - - 450 parts 

Alcohol sufficient to make 1000 parts 



TALCUM POWDERS. 

Talcum Powder, 10 ounces 

Rice Flour, 10 ounces 

Zinc Oxide, - 5 ounces 

Orris Root, powdeaed hue 1 ounce 
Mix well and perfume with a mixture of 
'Oil Bergamot, Neroli and Ylang Viang, 



I30 BRIDGKFORD S REVISED EDITION 

DEPILATORY, to Remove Superfluous Hair. 

Barium Sulphide, 2 parts 

Zinc Oxide. - 1 part 

Starch Powder, 1 part 

Mix and keep dry. When desired for use 

make a paste of it with water and apply to the 

part from which hair is to be removed, leave 

on for ten minutes, then scrape off. This 

usually acts at once, but if necessary apply a 

second time. The hair will grow a^ain, but 

«Z> O 

this is the case with all safe depilatories. 

CREAM OF ROSES. 

Gum Tragacanth, 1 ounce 

Warm Water, - 1 quart 

Oil Roses, - 5 drops 

Glycerine, - 3 ounces 

Witch Hazel - 3 ounces 

Alcohol, - - 3 ounces 

Put the Tragacanth in the water, let stand 

over night or until jellied, then strain through 

muslin cloth and while warm add the other 

ingredients. Bottle, label and put away in a 

cool place. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 131 

CARBOKLNE HAIR GROWER. 

Promotes a healthy growth of hair on heads 
where there is fine and thin hair. 

Neutral Paraffin Oil. 8 ounces 

Tr. Cantharides, - 7 drams 

Euphorbium. - 10 grains 

Oil Rosemary, - - 2 drams 

Oil Cassia, - 10 drops 

Oil Cloves, - 3 drops 

Heat the Euphorbium and Cantharides on 

gentle heat for 2 hours, with the Paraffin Oil, 

then add the other oils, and bottle. Rub head 

thoroughly and apply once a day for three 

weeks. 

BAY RUM. 

Oil of Bay, - 240 grains 

Oil of Orange, - 16 grains 

Oil of Pimento, - 16 grains 

Alcohol, - - 32 ounces 

Water, - - 25 ounces 
Dissolve the oils in alcohol and add the 

water. Mix with 2 ounces of Precipitated 

Calcium Phosphate and filter. 



132 bridghford's revised edition 

HAIR RESTORATIVE. 

Sugar of Lead, - 1 ounce 

Borax, - - 1 ounce 

Lac. Sulphur - - 1 ounce 

Acqua Ammonia, - i ounce 

Alcohol, - - - 1 gill 

These articles to stand mixed fourteen hours 
then add: 

Bay Rum, - - 1 gill 

Fine Table Salt, 1 table spoon 

Soft Water, 3 pints 

Essence of Ber^amot, - 1 ounce 

Manner of usin*>\ When the hair is thin or 

falling out, make two applications daily until 

this amount is used up, unless that hair has 

come out sufficiently to satisfy you before that 

time. Work it to the roots of the hair with a 

soft brush or the ends of the lingers, rubbing 

well each time. For gray hair one applicaiion 

daily is sufficient. It is harmless and will do 

all that is claimed for it. 

FACE WASH. 

Rose Water, - i ounce 

Glycerine, - - i ounce 

French prepared chalk ten cents. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. I33 

EXTRACT OF MAGNOLIA PERFUME. 

Extract of Orange Flower 64 parts 
" " Rose 128 parts 

" l< Tube Rose 64 parts 

" " Violet 32 parts 

Mix and to each quart of mixture add 10 
drops of Oil of Bitter Almonds and 4 drops of 
Oil of Lemon. The extracts used in this are 
all from the pomade of the flowers named. 

BANDOLINE. 

A face balm of exquisite merit; is cooling, 
soothing and healing qualities are unsurpassed 
by any face preparation on the market. 
Gum Trogacanth - 2 drams 

Rose Water, -. 10 ounces 

Alcohol, - 4 ounces 

Otto of Roses - 15 drops 

Macerate the gum in the rose water until 
dissolved, strain and add the alcohol to Otto 
Roses, then mix all and bottle; color red with 
few drops Tincture Cochineal. 



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BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 



HAIR TONIC. 

Tinct. of Cantharades, 
Sulph. Quinine, 
Lac. Sulphur, 
Bay Rum, 
Apply twice daily. 



y 2 ounce 
i drachm 
y 2 dracm 
8 ounces 



DANDERINE. 

Hydrate Chloral, - I ounce 

Bay Rum, - - 6 ounces 

Apply daily for one week, then once ? 
week. 



SHAMPOO PASTE. 

Conti Castile Soap, - 4 ounces 

Pottasium Carb. - 1 ounces 

Rain Water, - - 6 ounces 

Oil of Lavender, - 5 drops 

Oil of Bergamont, - 10 drops 

To the water add the soap in shaving and 

then the pottassium. Mix until creamy, then 

add perfumes. The addition of glycerine 

prevents hardening. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MAI1UAL. T 35 

BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN. 

For beautifying and taking wrinkles out of 

the skin: 

Glycerine - - 3 oz 

Parafin wax - 2-3 

Mix and heat in a tin pan then add k oz 

Bergamont, run off in tin can or glass botte. 

To be used after washing the hands and face 

at night. Excellent for chapped hands or face 

NAIL POLISH. 

Tartaric Acid, - 1 dram 

Tincture of Myrrh, - 1 drain 

Coloo-ne Water, - 2 drams 

Water, - - 3 drams 

Dissolve the acid in water; mix the tincture 

of myrrh and cologne water and add to the 

acid solution. Apply with a bit of soft leather. 

FURNITURE POLISH. 

Gum Shellac, - 1 ounce 

Alcohol, - 8 ounces 

Linseed Oil, - 1 ounce 

Mix, apply with woolen cloth. 



136 bridgeford's revised edition 

D^PILATOBY. 

Quick Lime, 1 ounce 

Gum Benzine, - i ounce 

Water sufficient to make a paste, Apply 
and brush off in ten minutes, 

BEST HAIR OIL. 

Pale Yel. Cotton Seed Oil, 8 ounces 
Bay Rum, - - 8 ounces 

Add perfume to suit. 

BAY BUM. 

Soft Water, 8 ounces 

Alcohol. - 4 ounces 

Oil of Bay, - 1-4 ounce 

Add water to make one quart. 

HA1B BESOBATIVE. 

Lac Sulphur, 8 drachms 

Sugar of Lead, - 8 drachms 

Glycerine, - 8 ounces 

Bay Rum, - 8 ounces 

Four spoonsful of fine salt and a few drops 
of Bergamot. Makes half gallon. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MAI1UAI.. 137 

BOQUET COSMETIQUE. 

Lard and mutton suet, carefully prepare 
1 lb. each, white wax 6 oz., melt over a slow- 
fire; essence of Bergamot i oz. Run into 
moulds, wrap in tin foil, label and it is ready 
for use. 

TO CURL THE HAIR. 

Olive Oil, i pound 

Oil of Oroanum, - i dram 

Oil of Rosemary, - I V± drams 

Mix, put small amount on hands, rub well 
into the roots of the hair. 

RAZOR. STROP PASTE. 

Take the finest superfine flour of emery, 
nothing but the very finest will do, moisten 
with Sweet Oil or Vaseline. There is nothing 
as good for your strops as elbow grease and 
lather. 

VIOLET WATER, Finest Quality. 

Extract Violet, with 4 parts dilute Cologne 
Spirits. Mix and bottle. » 



138 bridgeford's revised edition 

HAIR. POMADE. 

(Extra Fine Yellow.) 

Yellow Wax 3 ounces 

Castor Oil - 5 ounces 

Cotton Seed Oil 2 ounces 

Melt the wax and stir in the other in- 
gredients and perfume to suit. 

Oil Bergamot, 20 drops, has our pref- 
erence. 

ANTIKINK LOTION. 

To remove the kinks and straighten the 
hair; is absolutely harmless and a fine dress- 
ing. 

Beef Suet - - 8 ounces 

Yellow wax - - 1 ounce 

Caster Oil - - - 1 ounce 

Benyoic Acid 5 grains 

Oil of Lemon - - - 1 drachm 

Oil of Casia - - 8 drops 

Mix the suet and wax; then add caster 

oil and acid. Let cool and incorporate the 

other oils. 

VIOLET WATER.. 

Essence of Violet - - 7 ounces 
Essence of Rose - 2 */£ ounces 

Essence of Cassia - 2 ^ ounces 

Alcohol - m = - 32 ounces 

Water may be added if a cheaper prep- 
aration is wanted. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 139 

We have had a great many calls from 
barbers for a formula for a cure for Barber's 
Itch, so we submit the following, which is a 
good one. 

BARBERS' ITCHINE. 

Tanic Acid - - 90 grains 

Lac Sulphur - - 180 grains 

Oxide Zinc - 1 ounce 

Starch - - 1 ounce 

Petrolatum, (white) - 2 ounces 

Shave every da)' and apply three times a 
day until cured, 1 to 3 days. 

Another simple remedy which we can 
recommend for the cure of Barbers Itch in 
the early stages: 

Take the ashes from a good cigar, wet 
the finger tips with spital and make a kind of 
paste of the ashes and rub on the parts where 
the disease is first indicated. We have also 
recommended its use a great many times for 
the cure of titter or ring-Avorm. 



140 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

MASSAGE JELLY. 

Softens the skin, beautifies the complex- 
ion, removes all roughness of face and lips. 
Excellent for use after massage or shaving. 

Russian Isinglass - 108 grains 

Clarified Honey - 1 ounce 

Mucilage of Irish Moss 4 ounces 

Glycerine - 4 ounces 

Dis. Water - 6 ounces 

Oil Nerole - - 30 drops 

Dissolve isinglass and moss in the water 
by gentle heat; add the other ingredients and 
strain; then add the oil nerole and put in jars. 

DRY SHAMPOO OR SEA FOAM. 

Cologne Spirits - y 2 ounce 

Alcohol - - 1 ounce 

Acqua Amonia - 1 Y / 2 ounces 

Dis. Water 6 ounces 

Apply and rub until lather lirst formed 
has dried, then dust thoroughly with hair 
duster, which will remove all dandruff. Then 
dry with towel. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 141 

TONIC FOR. THE HAIR.. 

A tonic for the hair is composed of 

Glycerine, - - ^ ounce 

Cologne, 6 ounces 

Tinct. of Capsicum, - 20 drops 

Tinct. of Spanish Flies, 1 Y / 2 drams 

CAMPHOR ICE. 

For chapped hands or lips; can be used 
after shaving. Spermacetic Tallow i^ozs., 
Oil of Sweet Almonds 4 tea spoons, Gum 
Camphor 34 oz. made fine; disolve over slow 
fire, stirring until dissolved; pour into moulds 
if for sale; paper and tin foil if for your own 
use. Put in a tight box. 

MAGIC LINIMENT. 

Cotton Seed Oil, - 4 ounces 

Powd. Castile Soap - 1 ounce 

Spirits of Turpentine - 2 ounces 
Strong Ammonia Water 4 ounces 
Water sufficient to make one pint. 

This is a good seller when put up in 
nicely labeled bottles. Try it. 



142 BRIDGEFORDS REVISED EDITION 



TOOTH WASH. 


White Castile Soap 

Glycerine 

Water 


3 ounces 

5 ti ounces 

20 ounces 


Alcohol 

Oil of Peppermint 

Oil of Wintercrreen 

Oil of Anise 

Oii of Cassia 


30 ounces 
1 dram 
1 dram 
1 dram 
1 dram 


WITCH HAZEL 


CREAM. 


White Vaseline 
Yellow Wax 
Spermaceti 
Witch Hazel 


l 3% ounces 

2 T 4 ounces 

- 2^ ounces 

3/4 ounces 



Perfume with Pansy Bls'm Y / 2 ounces 
Color red with few drops carmine, color 
snow white with Tr. Beneom, 1 ounce. 

ROSE WATER., COLD CREAM. 

White Petrolatum - 6 ounces 

White Wax - - 1 ounce 

Oil Rose - - - 10 drops 

Melt wax and petrolatum and add the 
Oil Roses while cooling and place in 2-oz 
large mouth bottles. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 143 

FACE BLEACH 

Removes all tan and sunburn, leaving the 
face soft and white. 

Tr. Benzoin - i drachm 

Bichloride Mercury - i crrain 

Emulsion Bitter Almonds 12 ounzes 

Dissolve the mercury in the emulsion and 
add the Tincture of Benzoin. Apply at night. 

This preparation does not keep well and 
should be kept in small opaque bottles. Shake 
well before using". 



COMODONE DESTROYER 

Removes all Black heads and Blotches. 

Ether - - - 1 ounce 

Alcohol 2 drams 

Aromatic Spir. Ammonia 2 drachms 

Before retiring, bathe the parts with very 
hot water; dry well and rub thoroughly with 
this lotion every night, removing all visible 
black heads. 



144 BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 

ALABASTOR CREAM. 

Oxide of Zinc - i lb. 

Oil of Glycerine - 2 oz. 

Bay Rum - - 2 oz. 

Cologne Water - 2 oz. 

Rose Water - 2 oz. 

Oil of Bergamot - 20 drops 

Oil of Bitter Almond - 20 drops 

Oil of Lavender - 20 drops 

Oil of Rose - - 20 droys 

Saltpetre - - 5c. 

Borax - - 5c. 

Put oxide of zinc, borax, and saltpetre in 

a pan and pour over it one gallon of boiling" 

water, stir until cool, strain, and add oils. 

The lady from whom I got this formula made 

a good living making" this cream and selling it. 

WART ERADICATOR 
To remove warts, etc. 

Calomel - 30 grains 

Boric Acic - - 15 grains 

Salicylic Acid - 5 grains 

Cannabar -■ - 3 grains 

Rub into the wart three or four times a day. 



HARDER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. T45 

MASSAGE PREPARATIONS. 

We have no exact formula for making a 
massage preparation, but we will give you a 
few of the ingredients used in their manufac- 
ture. As none of the ingredients that make a 
perfect massage keep any great length of time 
when combined, it is well to make it in small 
quantities and often. They are butter milk, 
oxide zinc, rice flour, corn starch, powdered 
magnesia, and sometimes £um tradio-an or sea 
moss is used as a body. It is usually colored 
pink or flesh color with confectioner's red 
analine. We have, sometimes, in emergencies 
used pure milk with talcum powder and pre- 
pared chalk, which makes a very good prepa- 
ration. There are quite a number of these 
preparations on the market, but none will 
keep any great length of time. 

MANICURE VARNISH. 

Parahn Wax - - 60 grains 

Chlorform - - - 2 ounces 

Oil Rose 3 drops 

After polishing the nails, apply the var- 
nish and rub with chamois skin. 



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BRIDGEFORD S REVISED EDITION 




MRS. F. C. BRIDGEFORD. 



We have discontinued the Ladies' Department in this book, but have 
published a book entitled "The Ladies' Toilet Manual" devoted exclu- 
sively to the ladies. It contains instructions for Manicuring, Hair Dress- 
ing, Facial Massage and Chiropodist "s Work, also all the latest up-to- 
date formulas for toilet preparations and other purposes. This book 
is edited by Mrs. F. C. Bridgeford and will be sent post-paid to any part 
of the United States upon receipt of #1.00. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. I47 

TO CLEAN CARPETS. 

Good for taking out grease spots, paint, 
pitch, tar, and for cleaning clothing, gloves, 
hats, etc. This receipt has been sold all over 
the country, and has been a great money mak- 
er. It can be used for anything that soap is 
used for, and for taking off grease from the 
hands of machinists and railroad men it has no 
equal. I give the exact formula as it was re- 
ceived by me from one who paid $50 for it. 

Two packages of 76 Powder 
Shave up one bar of Ivory Soap 
One teaspoon of pulverized Alum 
Two teaspoons of Borax 
One teaspoon of Salt 
One gallon of soft water. 

Stir all together; boil over a slow fire 30 
minutes or until all the soap is thoroughly 
dissolved. Directions for using: Take a large 
pan or bucket half full of water; have a large 
sponge, take a handful of the preparation and 
work it into the sponge, making a lather until 
it fills pan or bucket, then use the lather for 



14S bridgeford's revised edition 

cleaning- the carpet. When you use up this 
amount of lather work up more, washing the 
carpet all over with the sponge the same as 
you would scrub a floor; let dry and it will be 
clean and look like new. 

TO CLEAN WALL PAPER. 

A preparation for cleaning wall paper is 
made of one quart of Rye Flour, tablespoon- 
ful of Plaster Paris; stir together; put in water 
enouo'h to make a thick dougfh; bake until 
done, then it is ready for use. If it gets too 
hard wet with water; work it up like putty into 
dough balls. When you first use this care 
should be taken not to streak the paper. This 
makes old, dirty wall paper look like new at a 
very small cost and not much labor. 

CORN CURE. 

Soak a piece of copper in strong vinegar 
for twenty-four hours. Pour the liquid off and 
bottle. Apply frequently until the corn is re- 
moved. 



BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. I49 



INDEX. 

Discount Sheet Page 4 

Sanitary Rules and Regulations for Barbers 5 

Preface 6 

Explanation 7 

A Sketch of Our Past 8 

The Kansas City Barber College 10 

Kansas and Missouri Law Governing Barbers..- 23 

The Barber 32 

Stropping the Razor _ 34 

Instructions in Honing 35 

Koning on the Water Hone 37 

The Lather Hone 39 

The Swaty Hone 4 1 

Selecting a Razor 43 

The Art of Shaving 44 

Instructions in Hair Cutting ! 53 

Sea Foam, Shampoo, Etc. 64 

Singeing 65 

Dying the Hair _ 66 

Blondining the Hair 68 

Sterilization of Razors 69 

Razors 7 1 

Good Advice to Barbers 7 2 

The Barbers' Trade as a Life Calling 75 

Good Suggestions to Barbers 76 

Personal Magnetism 81 

To Have Fine, Thick Hair 85 

Dermatology 9 1 

Applications for Roughened Skin 94 

The Massage.. - 99 

Instructions for Facial Massage and Scientific Application 103 

Manicuring 109 

Chiropodist ■. m 

Short Course in Physical Culture Exercises IJ4 

Up-to-Date Formulas for Toilet and Other Purposes ...124-148 



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1 razor case, 9 hole 1 00 

1 pair shears, blue steel 1 25 

1 pair strops, canvass silk finish 1 25 

1 hand made comb 35 

1 hair brush 50 

1 neck duster 35 

1 Swaty hone 60 

1 pair tweezers 15 

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BARBER INSTRUCTOR AND TOILET MANUAL. 151 

As the Mail Order Business Seems to 
be the New Order of Things 

We have established an exclusive Mail 
Order Department for our out of town 
buyers. People realizing" the impor- 
tance of purchasing goods from a relia- 
ble firm, one that they know is finan- 
cially responsible and perfectly reliable, 
w r ill do well to correspond with us. We 
give you as references the City National 
Bank, also the Bank of Commerce. We 
have had manufactured for us, by spec- 
ial order, a full line of 

Watches, Musical Instruments, and Barber Supplies, 

of all kinds. We also keep for sale a 
full line of NOTIONS, and in fact every 
thing that is needed by our out of town 
buyers for family use, etc., which we 
will sell ac wholesale prices to retail 
buyers. We can afford to do it as we 
have no rent nor expensive clerk hire, 
no traveling men— our catalogue is our 
salesmen. Send for one. Send for our 
illustrated catalogue, which explains 
our prices, quality of goods, etc. Ad- 
dress, 

F. C. BRIDGEFORD MFG. CO. 

503 Delaware Street. 



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When results with different Hair Tonics have not been 
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